Manifest Destiny and the Expansion of the United States

Who coined the phrase 'Manifest Destiny'?

• John Green

• John O'Sullivan

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

Which game inaccurately portrayed the ability to consume a buffalo by a family of six?

• Minecraft

• Red Dead Redemption

• Civilization VI

• The Oregon Trail

What was the main reason Mexico annulled land contracts in Texas?

• To promote slavery

• To abolish slavery

• To prevent American immigration

• To encourage American immigration

Which future president led troops into disputed territory, provoking the Mexican-American War?

• James K. Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

• Zachary Taylor

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the author of 'On Civil Disobedience', protesting the Mexican-American War?

• Walt Whitman

• Mark Twain

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

What was the main outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Mexico kept California

• The U.S. lost California

• The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million

• Mexico gained Texas

What significant discovery in 1848 led to a population boom in California?

• Oil

• Gold

• Silver

• Copper

What was the ratio of men to women in California in 1860?

• 4:1

• 5:1

• 2:1

• 3:1

Which party was formed in 1848 advocating for the limitation of slavery's expansion?

• Free Soil Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

What did the Compromise of 1850 achieve?

• Outlawed slavery in the U.S.

• Admitted California as a free state

• Began the Mexican-American War

• Ended the Civil War