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WorksheetsREFORM AND MANIFEST DESTINY
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which best describes the contribution to American culture made by James Audubon?
a)
He was inspired by the beauty of the Catskill Mountains
b)
His novel ranks as one of the greatest books ever written
c)
His drawings mark the most important work on birds ever published
d)
He is blamed for the destruction of several species of American birds
2.
Where did Mormons migrate to ?
a)
Colorado
b)
California
c)
Utah
d)
Wyoming
3.
The Temperance Movement sought to eliminate -
a)
Juvenile Prisons
b)
Consumption of alcohol
c)
Child labor
4.
In the 1840s, Seneca Falls, New York, became the scene of an important convention for -
a)
women's rights
b)
labor union organization
c)
temperance reform
d)
prison reforms
5.
_________________ was an important leader in education reform.
a)
George Whitfield
b)
Dorthea Dix
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Fredrick Douglas
6.
Who is Dorethea Dix?
a)
a criminal
b)
a reformer
c)
a secret spy
d)
a teacher, who was moved by seeing the horrible conditions of jails and wanted to seek reform
7.
Define Reform
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
8.
What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Concention
9.
What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?
a)
The telegraph
b)
The lawn mower
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The light bulb
10.
What was the name of the weekly abolitionist newspaper?
a)
The New York Sun
b)
Chattanooga Daily Rebel
c)
National Enquirer
d)
The Liberator
11.
What is temperance?
a)
abstinence from alcoholic drink
b)
the study of temperatures
c)
a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
d)
the right to vote
12.
Which Transcendentalist used civil disobedience to protest taxes?
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
John Locke
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
13.
Which of the following was associated with women's sufferage?
a)
Charles Finney
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Susan B. Anthony
14.
What religious movement led to the other reform movements?
a)
The Reformation
b)
The Second Great Awakening
c)
The Renaissance
d)
The First Great Awakening
15.
The major goal of the Abolitionist Movement was?
a)
Promoting women's rights
b)
Reforming education
c)
Ending Slavery
16.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "suffrage?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Women's Rights Movement
17.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "Alcohol?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Prison Reform
18.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "School?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Termperance Movement
19.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony,and Lucretia Mott, were some of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Temperance
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Abolitionist Movement
d)
Baking Reform
20.
Which territory did Jefferson buy from France?
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Florida
c)
Oregon
d)
Northwest Territory
21.
Which territory was gained as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Texas
c)
Northwest Territory
d)
Florida
22.
Which territory was acquired in order to finish the Southern Pacific Railroad?
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
13 Colonies
c)
Texas
d)
Florida
23.
This term means to give up territory.
a)
Cede
b)
Annex
c)
Border
d)
Cannibalism
24.
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
25.
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
26.
Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?
a)
Texas Revolution
b)
American Revolution
c)
US Mexican War
d)
Civil War
27.
What year was Texas annexed to the United States?
a)
1819
b)
1836
c)
1845
d)
1861
28.
Where did the travellers of the Oregon Trail originally set out from?
a)
Nebraska
b)
Idaho
c)
Wyoming
d)
Missouri
29.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
30.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
31.
Texans fought for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
32.
Utah was mostly settled by what group of people?
a)
Mormons
b)
Christians
c)
Native Americans
d)
Mountain men and fur trappers
33.
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
a)
End slavery in the new territories
b)
removal of European influence from South America
c)
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
d)
secession of southern states from the nation
34.
What did California and Texas have in common?
a)
Both would enter the Union as slave states.
b)
Both would enter the Union as free states.
c)
Both were former Mexican territories.
d)
Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.
35.
Who led the Mormons to Utah after the church's founder, Joseph Smith, was killed by an angry mob?
a)
William Penn
b)
John C. Fremont
c)
Brigham Young
d)
Stephen Kearney
36.
Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon Territory
37.
Which of these would be the best title for the illustration above?
a)
Divine Nature
b)
Survival of the Fittest
c)
Universal Expansion
d)
Manifest Destiny
38.
The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
James K. Polk
39.
Northern opposition to the U.S. annexation of Texas was mainly caused by ---.
a)
fears that the executive branch was controlling Congress
b)
resistance to the expansion of slavery and Southern political power
c)
opposition to expansionism and the use of American troops abroad
d)
demands from Mexicans that their army be deployed north of the Rio Grande
40.
In Worcester v. Georgia the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee nation. However, President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, and the result was the —
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Bleeding Kansas conflict
d)
Texas Revolution
41.
According to map, which portion was annexed by the U.S. in 1845
a)
E
b)
A
c)
F
d)
C
42.
Which land did we acquire for winning the Mexican-American War?
a)
H
b)
E
c)
A
d)
D
43.
You better know where the 13 original colonies are....
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
A
44.
Which letter represents the land that completes our Manifest Destiny?
a)
H
b)
E
c)
A
d)
A
45.
What's the name of the river outlined in red that is the border between Texas and Mexico today?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Nueces River
d)
Missouri River
46.
During the Lewis and Clark expedition, they were able to map a route to the...
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Mississippi River
d)
13 Colonies
47.
What act allowed the national government to force Native Americans to give up their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Civilization Act
c)
Manifest Destiny Act
d)
Indian Territory Act
48.
What treaty ended the war with Mexico?
a)
Treaty of Velasco
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
d)
Louisiana Purchase
49.
What was a cause of the Mexican American War?
a)
Mexico refusing to trade with U.S.
b)
Mexico helped slave escape
c)
Mexico was anti-slavery
d)
Texas being annexed
50.
Who was in charge of Indian Removal?
a)
Anson Jones
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James K Polk
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