14 - Expansion & Manifest Destiny

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The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to...

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encourage settlement of the West

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Which geographical consideration had the greatest influence on President Thomas Jefferson's decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

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Full control of the port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River would be established.

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A major reason for President Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory was to...

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give the United States control of the Mississippi River

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Which point of view is being conveyed by the artist? Options: praise for Manifest Destiny, opposition to the end of slavery, opposition to the purchase of Alaska, encouragement of industrial development

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praise for Manifest Destiny

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In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson supported the Indian removal policy because...

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white settlers desired the land on which Native American Indians lived

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During the 1840s, supporters of Manifest Destiny favored...

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acquiring Texas and California

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The main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to...

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limit European influence in the Americas

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The United States government is creating memorials along the Trail of Tears because it was...

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the location of injustices against many Native American Indians

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The Homestead Act (1862) encouraged the settlement of the West because it provided...

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land to people who would live on it for at least five years