Manifest Destiny - Study Review

1. What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny
• Monroe Doctrine
• Great Awakening
• Louisiana Purchase

2. The United States acquired land in all of these ways except

• through war.
• through treaties.
• through colonization.
• through inheritance.

3. Before the early 1800s, which two countries claimed the Louisiana Territory?

• France and Spain
• Russia and Mexico
• Canada and Mexico
• United States and Great Britain

4. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

• It led to war.
• It doubled the nation's size.
• It limited trade opportunities.
• It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.

5. What was one reason the United States wanted to acquire Florida?

• to increase the population
• to end raids on Georgia farms
• to control the Mississippi River
• to provide a short route to Europe

6. Why did some northerners oppose the annexation of Texas?

• Texas allowed slavery.
• Spain had a claim to Texas.
• Texas was too large to be a state.
• Spain demanded too high a price for Texas.

7. Which event occurred before Stephen F. Austin started a colony in Texas?

• Texas won its independence.
• Mexico declared independence.
• General Santa Anna was captured.
• The battle at the Alamo was fought.

8. Why did the Tejanos resent the Americans colonizing Texas?

• They prohibited slavery.
• They were settling illegally.
• They were unwilling to work.
• They demanded that they be made citizens.

9. Which of these was a campaign slogan in President Polk’s 1844 campaign?

• "Victory or death!"
• "Rough and ready!"
• "All of Oregon or none!"
• "Remember the Alamo!"

10. Which of these was an incentive for colonists to travel to Oregon Country?

• gold deposits
• fertile farmland
• religious freedom
• Canadian citizenship