Manifest Destiny [Introduction]

Who coined - or first used - the term "manifest destiny" ?

• John Adams

• John O'Sullivan

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

the belief that it was America’s “divine” right and duty to spread across the North American continent.

• annex

• justifiable

• divine

• manifest destiny

Manifest Destiny took many forms and could include... [Select ALL that Apply]

• treaties

• settlements

• gambling

• wars

What city and river did farmers west of the Appalachians (mountains) depend on for shipping their crops back east?

• The Mississippi River & Detroit

• The Mississippi River & Kansas City

• The Mississippi River & New Orleans

• The Ohio River & New Orleans

Originally, Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe to purchase New Orleans for how much money?

• $7.5 million

• $1.5 million

• $3.5 million

• $5.5 million

Which of the following WAS an argument against completing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803? [Select ALL that Apply]

• Eastern States feared addition of new states, weakening their power in Congress.

• $15 Million was too much money

• The Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional

• Western States feared addition of new states, weakening their power in Congress.

What problem did Thomas Jefferson run into when trying to buy part of the Louisiana Territory from France?

• the U.S. was broke as result of the Revolutionary War

• the Constitution doesn't say you can buy foreign land

• Congress wouldn't pass the purchase of land since it cost so much

• he faced opposition in the House of Representatives

How much money did the U.S. pay for the Louisiana Territory?

• $15 million

• $35 million

• $60 million

• $100 million

Whose argument of the "elastic clause" did Thomas Jefferson use when suggesting the U.S. Constitution implied that the he could purchase land with his power to make treaties?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

Why would Napoleon be willing to sell the Louisiana Territory? [Select ALL that Apply]

• The Columbian Revolution

• France is on the verge of going to war with Great Britain again.

• France is on the verge of going to war with Spain again.

• As a result of the Haitian Revolution, Napoleon lost Haiti