Manifest Destiny Quiz

What is Manifest Destiny?

• God gave land for the Americans to spread Christianity
• movement of people east
• God gave the continent to Americans to settle west
• God gave the continent to Americans to spread slavery

Which of the following was NOT gained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• California
• New Mexico
• Wyoming
• Oregon

Why did Texas declare war on Mexico? Choose the best possible option.

• outlawing alcohol, banning of slavery
• taxing imports, increase of slave labor
• Americans had taken over the area and wanted it for their own
• banning of slavery, closing the borders, and taxing imports

How did the Wilmot Proviso and public opinion on the war with Mexico increase tensions between the North and South?

• both showed how divisive the topic of slavery had become
• the war with Mexico was a huge increase in federal power
• the federal government took sides on the slavery issue
• the elimination of slavery in the new territories would become law

What was the main form of travel to the West before railroads were built?

• covered wagons
• by foot
• horseback
• dog sleds

What was the main trail taken to get to the West?

• Oregon Trail
• Mormon Trail
• Southern Trail
• Western Trail

Why did people want to settle West?

• agrarianism and to own their own land
• gaining money
• Thomas Jefferson forced people West
• freedom and safety from the Civil War

Why was the transcontinental railroad built?

• to connect the north and south
• to move escaped slaves north
• to connect the west to the rest of the country and build industry in the west
• to move products made in factories in the north to the south

Define annexation

• bring in a territory into a country/state/city
• adoption of children
• voting to remove a territory from a country/state/city
• forcing people out of their land

What is Sectionalism?

• the division of land into plots
• a new type of farm given to African Americans when they became free
• seperation of a country/state based on separation in beliefs
• the division of political parties