Manifest Destiny Review

1. Why were New Orleans and the Mississippi River important to the farmers in the early 1800's?

• They needed them to ship their goods to markets.

• They needed them as means of communication.

• They needed them as means of entertainment.

• None of the answers are correct.

2. What was Napoleon's plan for Louisiana?

• To have another port to ship goods to.

• To raise food to feed slave workers in Haiti.

• To have more land for manufacturing.

• None of these answers are corrrect.

3. Why did President Monroe send Andrew Jackson to Georgia in 1818?

• Jackson was ordered to replace the Spanish governor.

• Jackson was ordered to invade the Spanish colony of Florida.

• Jackson had orders to end the raids.

• None of these answers are correct.

4. To end the conflict over Florida, what deal did the U.S. make with Spain in 1819?

• Spain yielded Florida to the United States.

• The U.S. agreed to pay off $5 million in settler's claims against Spain.

• The U.S. would honor Spain's claim to Texas.

• All of the answers are correct.

5. What happened in Texas in 1845?

• Texas was admitted as the 28th state in the U.S.

• President James K. Polk believed in Manifest Destiny.

• President James K. Polk was eager to acquire Texas.

• All answers are correct.

6. What agreement did Great Britain and the United States make in the 1820's

• Great Britain and the U.S. decided to fight over the Oregon Territories.

• Spain and Great Britain teamed up against the U.S. for the Oregon Territories.

• Great Britain and the U.S. agreed to a peaceful joint occupation of Oregon.

• None of these answers are correct.

7. Why was Oregon called a "pioneer's paradise?"

• Some claimed trees and land were abundant.

• Some claimed there were no diseases there.

• Some claimed the weather was always sunny.

• All of the answers are correct.

8. Why did President Polk think the Mexican government might want to sell California and New Mexico?

• New Mexico didn't have many settlers.

• They both had been neglected by the Mexican government.

• California didn't have many settlers.

• All of the answers are correct.

9. What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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• Mexico agreed to give up Texas, known as the Mexican Cession.

• Mexico gave up California, Nevada, and Utah.

• Mexico gave up Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and parts of Wyoming.

• All of the answers are correct.

10. Why did the United States buy the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?

• The land was acquired to build a railroad.

• The land was acquired to have a port for shipping.

• The land was acquired to serve as a route for wagon trains.

• None of these answers are corrrect.