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Reform Movements & Manifest Destiny

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
13 Colonies 
b)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
c)
Texas 1845
d)
Oregon 1846
2.
a)

Northwest Territory included in Treaty of Paris 1783

b)

Florida/Louisiana ceded by Spain 1819

c)

Mexican Cession 1848

d)

Mississippi ceded by Spain 1810

3.
a)
Great Britain Cession 1816
b)
Texas 1845
c)
Gadsden Purchase 1853
d)
Oregon 1846
4.
a)
Spanish Cession 1819
b)
Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842
c)
Mexican Cession 1848
d)
13 Colonies
5.
a)
Oregon 1846
b)
Spanish Cession 1819
c)
Gadsden Purchase 1853
d)
Mexican Cession 1848
6.
a)
Mexican Cession 1848
b)
Great Britain Cession 1816
c)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
d)
Oregon 1846
7.
a)
Gadsden Purchase 1853
b)
13 Colonies
c)
Texas 1845
d)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
8.
Which territory was gained at the end of the American Revolutionary War?
a)
Northwest Territory
b)
Texas
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Louisiana Purchase
9.
Which territory did Jefferson buy from France?
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Florida 
c)
Oregon
d)
Northwest Territory
10.
Which territory was gained as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Texas
c)
Northwest Territory
d)
Florida
11.
Which territory was acquired in order to finish the Southern Pacific Railroad?
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
13 Colonies
c)
Texas
d)
Florida
12.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty, Florida - 1818
b)
Webster Ashburton Treaty with England - 1842
c)
Louisiana Purchase - 1803
d)
Oregon Territory - 1846
13.
This term means to give up territory.
a)
Cede
b)
Annex
c)
Border
d)
Cannibalism
14.
This is a document that ends a war and states the requirements of the loser. It usually includes giving up land.
a)
Constitution
b)
Treating
c)
Resolution
d)
Treaty
15.
As the country expanded west...
a)
The Native Americans were pushed further and further off their land.
b)
The American west became more populated with people seeking cheap land and riches.
c)
More divisions over slavery developed that would ultimately lead to the Civil War.
d)
All answers are correct.
16.
Manifest Destiny was the belief that...
a)
It was the United States' obvious fate to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
b)
Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.
c)
the United States should respect the land claims of countries.
d)
all people in the United States should have the right to vote.
17.
What was the main reason the US wanted to acquire the Louisiana Territory?
a)
religious freedom
b)
to give the native Americans a place to live
c)
to gain control of the port of New Orleans
d)
so that slaves no longer had a place to run to
18.
The US and Mexico agreed on $10 Million dollars for the sale of this small piece of territory which contained a pass through the mountains that could be used for railroads.
a)
Louisiana Territory
b)
Texas
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Florida
19.
Several years after gaining its independence from Mexico, this area was admitted into the US.
a)
Florida
b)
Texas
c)
Oregon Country
d)
Louisiana Territory
20.
This is the official document that helps territories become a state.
a)
Northwest Ordinance
b)
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
21.
What was one outcome of the US-Mexican War?
a)
The United States gained control of the Oregon Country.
b)
Mexico gave up all claims to Texas.
c)
Texas and the new territories had to give up slavery.
d)
Mexicans living in the new territories had to move to Mexico.
22.
Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?
a)
Texas Revolution
b)
American Revolution
c)
US Mexican War
d)
Civil War
23.
What year was Texas annexed to the United States?
a)
1819
b)
1836
c)
1845
d)
1861
24.
Which of the following might have been a motive for moving West to Oregon?
a)
Escaping Debt
b)
Religion
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
All of the above
25.
What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?
a)
Length of the journey
b)
Disease
c)
Weather
d)
All of the above
26.

Where did the travellers of the Oregon Trail originally set out from?

a)

Nebraska

b)

Idaho

c)

Wyoming

d)

Missouri

27.
Why did the American Government want people to move West?
a)
The East Coast was too crowded.
b)
It was easier to say it belonged to the US if people were living there.
c)
The Government wanted more taxes.
d)
They wanted the poor people far away.
28.
As a result of the Mexican-American War, Mexico had to recognize Texas as what?
a)
An independent country
b)
Part of the U.S.
c)
Free to be a slave state
d)
Their boss
29.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution finally abolished slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

12th

30.

Lewis and Clark followed which river in their quest to explore the new Louisiana Territory?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Rio Grande

31.

The popularity of which novel supported the growth of the abolitionist movement?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

The Scarlet Letter

c)

Remember the Ladies

d)

Dred Scott

32.

Reducing the usage of alcoholic beverages was the main goal of which reform movement?

a)

Temperance

b)

Education

c)

Abolition

d)

Labor

e)

Prison and Mentally ill

33.

What happened to the price of shipping goods when better options for transportation became available (canal, railroad, etc.)?

a)

cost increased because the new technology required more money

b)

cost decreased because it was easier and faster

c)

cost remained the same

d)

tariffs decreased

34.

Seneca Falls, New York became a gathering place in support of which social reform movement of the mid-1800s?

a)

Temperance

b)

Women's Rights

c)

Education

d)

Abolition

35.

The desire to control the port of New Orleans (and thereby control trade along the Mississippi River) was the deciding factor in which territorial acquisition?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Oregon Territory

36.

Who was known as the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, making more than 19 trips to the south in an effort to lead slaves escaping to freedom?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

e)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

37.

Who became known for her efforts to improve the conditions and treatment of the mentally ill?

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Lucretia Mott

38.

Which group lost land with every new territorial acquisition by the U.S.?

a)

Native Americans

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Mormons

39.

Which of these was advocated by Henry David Thoreau?

a)

civil disobedience

b)

women's suffrage

c)

educational reform

d)

better treatment for mentally ill

40.

Who advocated for educational reform, paving the way for free public elementary schools for all children (paid for by local taxes)?

a)

Horace Mann

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Meriwether Lewis

e)

Henry David Thoreau

41.

Which of these terms means to add as an extra part?

a)

suffrage

b)

annex

c)

famine

d)

cede

e)

canal

42.

Who was known for signing the Declaration of Sentiments?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Lucretia Mott

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