Manifest Destiny Quiz

What was the main objective of Manifest Destiny?

• To eliminate Native American tribes from all the lands controlled by the federal government.

• To remove all European colonies from the Western Hemisphere

• To create profitable partnerships with all native cultures in North America

• To expand the United States until it stretched from coast to coast

What caused the initial resistance to the annexation of Texas by the United States?

• Texas owed a tremendous amount of money and there was worry that, should Texas become a state, the United States could not afford to pay the debts.

• Most Americans feared that bringing Texas into the Union would upset favorable trade relations with Spain

• There was concern that Texas would enter the United States as a slave state and upset the balance between free and slave states.

• Sam Houston had a poor reputation in Washington D.C. and was not able to have his case for annexation heard.

Which of the following was most responsible for the rapid rise in California’s population in the 1840s?

• The large population of Native Americans living in California were naturalized as United States citizens

• Slavery was popular in the California territory, so most settlers that came to the region brought labor forces of thousands of slaves.

• Given its long coastline, California became home to the largest port cities in North America.

• The California Gold Rush led over 100,000 people to emigrate to California in hopes of getting rich from mining gold.

Which of the following was a positive benefit of the American railroad system developed in the mid-1800s?

• Railroads made it possible to transport goods faster and more inexpensively between regions of the country.

• Railroads connected major cities making communication and transportation faster and more reliable.

• Railroads led to an increase in the populations of western states.

• All of the above.

What was the main benefit of Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph in 1844?

• The telegraph would allow instant communication across the Atlantic Ocean with Great Britain and other European allies as early as 1845.

• The telegraph allowed goods to be transported between the American coasts.

• In an age before radio, the telegraph became a primary source of entertainment for frontier settlers.

• The telegraph would be essential in establishing lines of communication that spanned America’s significant land mass.

President Polk won the Election of 1844 by a landslide because...

• He was the only person running for President

• He was a "Common Man" and people felt connected to him

• He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny

• He actually didn't win, Henry Clay was the 11th President

What state was given to the U.S. as part of the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain in 1819?

• Texas

• Florida

• California

• Oregon

The Homestead Act offered free land in hopes to encourage what?

• Western settlement of the United States

• People from the West to move back East.

• Not a single thing

• People from the South to move to the North

What group of people settled in present day Utah after leaving the east coast because of religious persecution?

• The Catholics

• The 49'ers

• The Mormons

• Spanish Settlers

Manifest Destiny offered many people...

• Economic Opportunity

• More Factory Jobs

• Free livestock

• New Technological Innovations