Foreign Policy in the Early Republic- Objective 2

After the Mexican American War, Mexico gave up its claim to which U.S. state?

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Missouri

The United States acquired which territory from Mexico after the Mexican American War?

• California

• Dakota

• Louisiana

• Oregon

The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic significance for the United States because it

• decreased tensions with Native American Indians

• focused the United States on expanding to the west

• extended United States control over Mexico

• reduced British control of North America

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?

• establish the United States as a military power in Latin America

• to prevent European expansion in the Americas

• promote the interests of Russia over those of Britain and France

• support the Greeks in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire

Following the Mexican-American War, America got all of Texas and for $15 million they got all of the land that makes up each of the following states except...

• Nevada

• Oregon

• Utah

• California

• Arizona

Mexico sold cheap land to Americans on the condition that the Americans would...

• learn Spanish and convert to the Catholic religion

• become Mexican citizens and obey Mexican laws

• neither of these answers

• both of these answers

What was the belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean?

• Manifest Destiny

• Manifesto Pacifico

• Pacific Destiny

• God's Expansion Plan

What agreement allowed slavery in Missouri, but made it illegal in Maine and banned slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of Missouri?

• Missouri-Maine Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Maine Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

Which of the following territories was purchased by the United States as part of the Adams-Onís Treaty?

• Florida

• Oregon

• California

• Texas

The Monroe Doctrine was intended to ______.

• ban slavery in the newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War

• warn European nations about further colonization in the Western Hemisphere

• resolve territorial conflicts between Mexico and the United States

• seek a compromise between the United States and Britain over territories