Manifest Destiny Quiz

Manifest Destiny Quiz

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Manifest Destiny Quiz

Manifest Destiny Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Tommaso Bassi

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who coined the phrase 'Manifest Destiny' in an 1845 newspaper editorial?

John L. O’Sullivan

Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Jackson

James Gadsden

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the divine mission of the United States according to the belief of Manifest Destiny?

To spread democratic and Protestant ideals across North America

To acquire Spanish Florida

To acquire Alaska

To settle the land dispute in western North America

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event doubled the size of the United States in 1803?

The Louisiana Purchase

The Mexican-American War

The Transcontinental Treaty

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the policy of President Jackson that devastated the Southeast Indian way of life in the 1830s?

Louisiana Purchase

Transcontinental Treaty

Indian removal policy

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which treaty resulted in the United States acquiring more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory?

Treaty of Paris

Adams-Onís Treaty

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Transcontinental Treaty

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event brought the era of Manifest Destiny to an abrupt close?

Disputes over slavery

The purchase of Alaska

The War of 1812

The Indian removal policy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did the United States purchase Alaska?

1853

1818

1845

1867

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