REVIEW Manifest Destiny

Which document stated that if European nations did not interfere with the affairs of the newly independent Latin American nations, the United States would stay out of the affairs of Europe?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The United States Constitution

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The Albany Plan of Union

Which of the following was the cause of the United States' war with Mexico?

• Mexico refused to sell Oregon to the United States

• The United States and Mexico disagreed over the location of each other's borders

• Mexico annexed Texas illegally

• President Polk disagreed with Manifest Destiny

Which of the following was a result of the discovery of gold in California?

• Gold was discovered in the Black Hills of the Dakotas

• Western expansion and foreign immigration increased

• California was annexed as a slave state

• The United States went to war with Mexico

The famous painting to the left was used to support which belief?

• American settlers believed they had a divine right to settle North America and expand west.

• Mormons needed to relocate to prosper.

• Native Americans also moved west with hopes of becoming rich from the gold rush.

• Manifest Destiny was a Native American belief that was destroyed by early settlers.

Historians would agree that the supporters of Manifest Destiny would most likely believe-

• It was the destiny and fate of the United States to expand westward.

• Americans should only expand as far west as the Louisiana Purchase.

• Land in the west should be set aside for Native Americans displaced from their homes.

• It is wrong to go to war in order to acquire more land and territory.

What was the belief that the United States had a right and duty to expand west called?

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

Which territory did President Thomas Jefferson acquire for the United States in 1803?

• Oregon Territory

• Texas

• Louisiana Purchase

• Florida

In 1818, which two countries signed a treaty agreeing to joint occupation of the Oregon Territory?

• United States and Mexico

• United States and Britain

• United States and Spain

• United States and France

Which territory did Spain cede to the United States in 1819 in exchange for $5 million?

• Texas

• California

• Florida

• Oregon Territory

What was the name of the mission where Texans defeated Americans in a stand-off in 1836?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alamo

• Gadsden Purchase

• Guadalupe Hidalgo