Manifest Destiny Quiz

What was the 19th-century belief known as Manifest Destiny about?

• The belief in America's role to spread industrialization

• The belief that it was the divine mission of the US to expand westward across North America

• The belief that the US should limit its territories to the East Coast

• The belief in establishing a monarchy in the United States

Who coined the phrase "manifest destiny" in an 1845 newspaper editorial?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John L. O’Sullivan

• Benjamin Franklin

What did the concept of Manifest Destiny provide justification for?

• The United States to limit immigration

• The United States to engage in trade with Asia

• The United States to acquire territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean and beyond

• The United States to establish a new religion

Which event doubled the size of the United States and was driven by the spirit of Manifest Destiny?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The War of 1812

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The acquisition of Alaska

What did the Transcontinental Treaty (Adams-Onís Treaty) result in for Spain and the United States?

• Spain gained control of Florida and the Oregon country.

• The United States gained control of Florida and Spain renounced its claim to the Oregon country.

• The United States renounced its claim to Texas.

• Spain and the United States shared control over the Oregon country.

What was the outcome of the land dispute between the United States and Britain in the 1840s?

• The United States and Britain went to war over the Oregon country.

• The United States and Britain accepted the 49th parallel as the boundary between the two countries.

• Britain gained control of the Oregon country.

• The United States relinquished all claims to territories north of the 49th parallel.

What was the significant result of the Mexican-American War (1846-48)?

• The United States lost territory to Mexico.

• The United States gained more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory.

• Mexico gained control of Texas, Utah, and western Colorado.

• The war had no significant territorial changes.

What was the purpose of the land purchase made by U.S. Minister to Mexico James Gadsden in 1853?

• To settle disputes over slavery among the states.

• To establish a southern railroad route.

• To end the era of Manifest Destiny.

• To provoke the North by traveling through the South.

Which policy forced the Cherokee and other Indian nations to relocate west of the Mississippi River?

• The Transcontinental Treaty

• The Indian Removal Act

• President Jackson’s Indian removal policy

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

What was the Trail of Tears?

• A railroad connecting the eastern United States to the Pacific Coast.

• A journey that caused the deaths of some 15,000 Indians during their forced relocation west.

• The final land acquisition before the American Civil War.

• A series of battles in the Mexican-American War.