Ch 11 Oregon, Texas and Florida

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the duty to expand to the Pacific?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

What was the name of the trail people took to get to the Pacific Northwest in the mid 1800s?

• The Pacific Crest Trail

• The Oregon Trail

• The Appalachian Trail

• The Praire Road

What countr/countries initially claimed Oregon Territory?

• Spain, Britain, Russia and the US

• just Britain

• Just America

• Britain and America

What were the first American settlers in the West were called?

• mountain men

• Astor's employees

• campers

• buffalo soldiers

Which country did the US sign the Oregon Treaty with which set the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory and ended the joint occupation of the region?

• Spain

• Britain

• Russia

• France

What did Americans who supported the idea of Manifest Destiny believe?

• that manifesting progress would lead to engines that would make factories and travel faster.

• that God's purpose for the United States was the control the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• that Canada and Spain should occupy Oregon Territory jointly with the US

Spain transfered Florida to the US in 1821. Where did new American settlers to Florida mostly come from?

• western territories

• southern states

• northern states

• Britain

By 1837 what proportion of the population of Florida as enslaved persons?

• none, it was a free state

• a small amount

• about half

• about twenty percent

How was it agreed on in Congress that Florida could be admitted as a state?

• Spain traded that in exchange for giving up control of Oregon Territory

• Florida voted to join the United States

• Congress agreed that the free state of Iowa would be added too.

When Mexico won its independence from Spain and became a republic in 182 what did Mexico do that attracted American settlers the Texas region?

• offered them equal citizenship and a vote for all persons

• offered free land to settlers to try to make the region profitable

• discovered gold

• improved border security