Period 5 Vocab Quiz

What is Manifest Destiny? 

• The belief that white settlers were fated to colonize the North American continent

• The belief that America was doomed to fail if they continued to practice slavery

• The belief that it was America's destiny to repeat the same history as Europe

• The belief that it was indigenous people's destiny to retake their stolen land

Which of the following statements are true regarding Manifest Destiny (click on all the correct choices)

• Those who believed in Manifest Destiny thought it was ordained by God

• Manifest Destiny was open for white Americans, indigenous people, and Mexicans

• The expansion was motivated by ideas originating in the European Enlightenment

• Racial superiority was often used as a justification for westward expansion

This was one of the causing factors for the Texas Annexation and Texan war against Mexico

• Border disputes

• Chattel Slavery

• Religious Conflict

• National Debt

Which of the following is true about the origins of the Mexican-American War? (Click on all the correct choices)

• Polk wanted CA and NM as part of his campaign promise

• Mexico declared war on the US after the loss of Texas

• Polk instigated Mexico into firing first with placement of troops

• The Whigs pushed Congress to declare war against Mexico

• Mexico wanted to abolish slavery in the United States as well

The Conscience Whigs tried to pass which of the following laws to oppose the Mexican-American War? (click on all the correct choices)

• Demanding Polk to show proof at the spots where American blood was spilled

• To allow Mexicans to apply for American citizenship after the conflict ended

• To prevent any further wars motivated by taking another country's territory

• Demanding the legislative branch to denounce and go against Manifest Destiny

• To prevent any newly acquired territories from practicing chattel slavery

Which of the following is true about the Homestead Act? (click on all the correct answers)

• The federal government provided free land for settlers

• The federal government was selling land back to natives

• State governments were providing free land for immigrants

• It was motivated by limiting the spread of chattel slavery

What is an Ethnic Enclave?

• It is a poor area that native-born Americans forced new immigrants to move into

• It is usually an urban center where immigrants move with people of similar ethnic origin

• It is a type of city planning design that has the urban center shaped like a triangle

• It is the belief that white settlers had racial superiority over the new immigrants

What is a Nativist?

• A person who supported the rights of indigenous people

• A Mexican citizen who lost their land after the Mexican Cession

• A politician who supported new immigration to America

• An American-born white who hates immigrants and foreigners

This was a political party formed under the philosophy of Nativism

• Know Nothing Party

• German Triangle Party

• No Immigrant Party

• Five Points Party

Which of the following is true about Nativist feelings towards immigrants? (click on all the correct choices)

• They were afraid that immigrants would take all the gold

• Nativists were Protestant, so they hated the Pope and Catholics

• The immigrants reminded the nativists of their low class pasts

• Nativists feared the new immigrants influencing their politics

• All of the following answer choices are correct