Manifest Destiny Quiz

What territory is circled?

• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• Florida

Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?

• Worry about adding Texas as a slave state 
• Annexing Texas would lead to a war with Mexico
• There would be imbalance of slave states and free states
• All of the above

What other country also claimed Oregon?

• Spain
• France
• Mexico
• Great Britain

What territory is circled?

• Oregon
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsden Purchase
• Texas

What territory is circled?

• Louisiana
• Gadsden Purchase
• Texas
• Mexican Cession

What territory is circled?

• Louisisana
• Florida
• US to 1783
• Mexican Cession

What is Manifest Destiny

• The idea that America was destined to gain freedom from England

• The idea that Americans have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• The idea that America is destined to expand from the East Coast to the West Coast

• All of the above

Why did the United States want Texas?

• To expand slavery

• For the oil

• Because it would be a very big state

• To keep it from Mexico

The war ended with 2 sides signing a treaty which took away half of Mexico's land. What was the name of the treaty?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Nantes

• Olive Branch Petition

The war with Mexico BEGAN with

• California's rebellion
• a border dispute in Texas
• the Battle of Buena Vista
• a US invasion of Mexico City