Manifest Destiny and the Acquisition of Texas and California

Who coined the phrase 'Manifest Destiny' to describe America’s god given right to take over all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

• John O’Sullivan

• Thomas Jefferson

• James K. Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

Which state was jointly controlled by the U.S. and Britain at the time of westward expansion?

• Texas

• California

• Oregon

• New Mexico

Who defeated the American defenders of the Alamo in 1836?

• Zachary Taylor

• Moses Austin

• Stephen Austin

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Which president managed to get a presidential victory over Henry Clay and oversaw the annexation of Texas?

• Martin Van Buren

• James K. Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• Zachary Taylor

What was the name of the treaty signed in 1848 under which Mexico confirmed the annexation of Texas and ceded California to the U.S.?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of San Francisco

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

Which political party formed in 1848 called for the limiting of slavery’s expansion in the west?

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

• Free Soil Party

• Know-Nothing Party

Who brokered the Compromise of 1850, which included the admission of California as a free state?

• John C. Calhoun

• William Seward

• Zachary Taylor

• Henry Clay

What did Ralph Waldo Emerson predict would happen if the United States acquired part of Mexico?

• It would result in cultural enrichment

• It would lead to political stability

• It would lead to economic prosperity

• It would be like swallowing arsenic

Who was concerned about the increase in executive power that President Polk seemed to show during the Mexican-American War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• William Seward

• John C. Calhoun

What was the name of the Massachusetts Transcendentalist who was thrown in jail for refusing to pay taxes in protest of the Mexican-American War?

• Louisa May Alcott

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson