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WorksheetsManifest Destiny
Total questions: 104
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This term means to give up territory.
a)
Cede
b)
Annex
c)
Border
d)
Cannibalism
2.
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.
3.
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
4.
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
5.
What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?
a)
Length of the journey
b)
Disease
c)
Weather
d)
All of the above
6.
Texans fight for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
7.
What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Monroe
d)
George Washington
8.
What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?
a)
James K. Polk
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
James Monroe
d)
George Washington
9.
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
a)
It led to war.
b)
It doubled the nation's size.
c)
It limited trade opportunities.
d)
It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.
10.
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.
11.
a)
Mexican Cession 1848
b)
Great Britain Cession 1816
c)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
d)
Oregon 1846
12.
a)
Gadsden Purchase 1853
b)
13 Colonies
c)
Texas 1845
d)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
13.
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
14.
Where did the travellers of the Oregon Trail originally set out from?
a)
Nebraska
b)
Idaho
c)
Wyoming
d)
Missouri
15.
Who were the 49ers?
a)
Gold miners
b)
Locals of California during the gold rush.
c)
Football tram
d)
The boom-town
16.
Which word best describes mining camps?
a)
A. Wealthy
b)
B. Placid
c)
C. Rowdy
d)
D. Large
17.
Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?
a)
Levi Strauss
b)
Elon Musk
c)
John Sutter
d)
John Bidwell
18.
Became head of the Mormon church and led the group to settle in Utah.
a)
Brigham Young
b)
Joseph Smith
c)
James Donner
d)
Levi Strauss
19.
Which of the following were fur traders and trappers who moved west were known as this.
a)
Mormons
b)
Forty-Niners
c)
Mountain Men
d)
Pioneers
20.
Where did the Mormons settle that was where the Ute Indians settled as well?
a)
Salt Lake City
b)
Plymouth
c)
Harrisville
d)
Glendale
21.
What people group is most abused in the American movement to the West?
a)
African Americans
b)
Mexicans
c)
Native Americans
d)
Irish Imigrants
22.
_______________ were African Americans who took advantage of the Homestead Act
a)
exodusters
b)
cowboys
c)
farmers
d)
mormons
23.
The ________________ was a law in 1860 that offered acres of land to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years.
a)
Dawes Act
b)
Meeting at Promontory Point
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Boomtown Act
24.
Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?
a)
The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast
b)
A slave on a southern plantation
c)
A Native American
d)
A farmer wanting to obtain new land
25.
Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?
a)
European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.
b)
Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.
c)
Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.
d)
The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.
26.
Utah was mostly settled by what group of people who sought a place where they could freely practice their religion?
a)
Mormons
b)
Christians
c)
Native Americans
d)
Mountain men and fur trappers
27.
What year did the most miners rush to California?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1852
d)
1853
28.
What was the largest single religious migration in American history?
a)
Farmers in Texas
b)
The Mountain Men along the Oregon Trail
c)
Brigham Young and the Mormons
d)
The 49ers
29.
He was the Mexican War general later became a US President.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
James K. Polk
c)
Zachary Taylor
d)
Abraham Lincoln
30.
He led the Californios to establish the Bear Flag Republic.
a)
John C. Freemont
b)
Zachary Taylor
c)
James K. Polk
d)
None of these
31.
Which area created a border dispute with Britain creating the slogan "54 40 or Fight!"
a)
Louisiana Territory
b)
Gasden Purchase
c)
Oregon Country
d)
Texas
32.
Which area was purchased to complete the transcontinental railroad?
a)
Louisiana Territory
b)
Texas
c)
Oregon Territory
d)
Gasden Purchase
33.
Where was gold first discovered?
a)
In California at John Sutter's Mill.
b)
At Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
c)
On the plantation in the South
d)
In California Lowell Mill
34.
Pap Singleton (from Nashville, TN) led these people west
a)
Mountain Men
b)
Exodusters
c)
Pioneers
d)
Fur Traders
35.
True or False: Texas became a US state immediately after the Mexican-American War.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
36.
TRUE OR FALSE: Americans living in Texas followed Mexican law.
a)
False
b)
True
37.
After the Mexican-America War, America gained California and which area:
a)
Southwest TN
b)
Southwest FLorida
c)
Southwest USA
d)
All of these
38.
Which of the following does NOT describe the Mormons?
a)
Believed in a communal society.
b)
Were persecuted and moved East
c)
Were persecutes and moved West
d)
Wanted to create a model community
39.
Which of the following does not describe the Wilmot-Proviso?
a)
It was created to stop slavery in the west in places like Texas.
b)
It showed the continued sectionalism among Americans
c)
It made the Southern states fear for their economy
d)
It successfully stopped slavery in places like Texas.
40.
Who was most likely to make money during the gold rush?
a)
Prospectors
b)
Fur Traders
c)
Boomtown merchants
d)
Mormons
41.
How did Mountain Men made money?
a)
as Mormon movers
b)
as Guards during the Trail of Tears
c)
Owning Saloons
d)
as fur trapping and trail guides
42.
TRUE OR FALSE: The Transcontinental Railroad was completed BEFORE the Civil War and ran thru the land of the Gasden Purchase.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
43.
How did the Mormons survive in Utah's desert?
a)
Share cropping
b)
Irrigation
c)
Entrepreunership
d)
Prospecting
44.
The philosophy that the US was meant to expand its boundaries all the way to the Pacific, taking its culture westward.
a)
Man and Woman Ambition
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Oregon Trail
45.
This was when the government wanted to populate the West and gave free land to people willing to live on it and farm it for 5 years.
a)
Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
Indian Removal Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Northwest Ordinance
46.
Who was Mexico's dictator who enforced Mexico's laws and led the fight against the Texan-Americans.
a)
Santa Clause
b)
St. Anne
c)
Santa Anita
d)
Santa Ana
47.
What was the last country to challenge the USA's control of Oregon?
a)
Mexico
b)
Britain
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
48.
People who migrate in order to spread religion are called:
a)
Missionaries
b)
Vigilantes
c)
Mountain Men
d)
Fur Trappers
49.
Frontier law was often handled by these self appointed groups:
a)
Vigilantes
b)
Mountain Men
c)
Fur Trappers
d)
Exodusters
50.
This group snuck into Oklahoma early to get free land under the Homestead Act:
a)
Mormons
b)
Mountain Men
c)
Sooners
d)
Vigilantes
51.
a)
United States 1783
b)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
c)
Texas 1845
d)
Oregon 1846
52.
a)
Florida Purchase from Spain 1821
b)
Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842
c)
Mexican Cession 1848
d)
13 Colonies
53.
a)
Oregon Territory 1846
b)
Spanish Cession 1819
c)
Gadsden Purchase 1853
d)
Mexican Cession 1848
54.
a)
Mexican Cession 1848
b)
Great Britain Cession 1816
c)
Louisiana Purchase 1803
d)
Oregon 1846
55.
Which territory did Jefferson buy from France?
a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
Florida
c)
Oregon
d)
Northwest Territory
56.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty, Florida - 1818
b)
Webster Ashburton Treaty with England - 1842
c)
Louisiana Purchase - 1803
d)
Oregon Territory - 1846
57.
President Jackson refused to annex Texas at first because doing so would have
a)
upset the balance between free and slave states.
b)
admitted to the British that western expansion had ended.
c)
gone against the wishes of Congress.
d)
disrupted the process of Indian REmoval
58.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They all brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They all increased the territory of the United States.
c)
They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
d)
They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.
59.
Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
Treaty of Jefferson
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
60.
Oregon Trail
a)
a route used during the US migration westward
b)
a person who went to California for the gold rush
c)
a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
d)
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
61.
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
62.
The US got Florida from
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
63.
A belief in manifest destiny, the Mexican - American War and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the
a)
rise of big business
b)
growth of the labor movement
c)
abolitionist movement
d)
expansion and settlement of the West
64.
Which event listed below was most influenced by the principle of manifest destiny?
a)
acquisition of the Mexican Cession
b)
founding of Jamestown in 1607
c)
defeat of Britain in the Revolutionary War
d)
Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819 giving us Florida
65.
California Gold Rush, the Homestead Act (giving people land), and the completion of the Transcontinental all...
a)
encouraged westward settlement.
b)
are examples of government sponsored transportation programs.
c)
recognized Native American Indian land rights.
d)
promoted the conservation of natural resources.
66.
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.
67.
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
68.
During which time period did most territorial expansion of the United States take place?
a)
Early 1700s
b)
Early to Mid 1800s
c)
Late 1700s
d)
Early 1800s to early 1900s
69.
How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for the orderly expansion of the United States?
a)
It provided the president with the power to sign treaties with foreign powers to buy additional territory
b)
It provided a review process for laws in new territories and states.
c)
It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states.
70.
Where did many Asian immigrants during the 1800s arrive to in the United States?
a)
Alaska along the Bering Sea
b)
California along the Pacific Ocean
c)
Texas along the Rio Grande River
71.
One reason California achieved statehood earlier than other territories in the American Southwest was —
a)
a transcontinental railroad linking the East with the West
b)
a series of terrible winters across the Rocky Mountains
c)
a population boom related to the California gold rush
72.
How did President Polk's placement of soldiers along the Rio Grande contribute to the outbreak of war with Mexico?
a)
Texas residents encouraged U.S. soldiers to conduct cross-border raids against Mexican outposts.
b)
The U.S. soldiers patrolled a disputed region that Mexico considered its own territory.
c)
The Mexican army desired to show it was superior to the military strength of the United States.
d)
The U.S. Soldiers were sent to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.
73.
A chief factor pulling many Europeans immigrants to the United States during the nineteenth century was —
a)
to acquire cheap land
b)
to gain religious converts
c)
to escape political persecution
d)
to gain religious freedom
74.
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
75.
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
76.
The present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah were acquired in 1848 from —
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
Great Britain
d)
Russia
77.
Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that —
a)
the United States went to war with Mexico
b)
transcendentalists established utopian societies
c)
the Bank of the United States was established
d)
women organized the Seneca Falls Convention
78.
Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?
a)
European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.
b)
Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.
c)
Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.
d)
The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.
79.
The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
James K. Polk
80.
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
81.
Many Americans supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 because it —
a)
punished Native Americans for attacks on Washington, D.C.
b)
opened Native American lands to settlement by white citizens
c)
forced U.S. citizenship on Native Americans
d)
forced Native American leaders out of the U.S. Congress
82.
The Trail of Tears was the consequence of ---.
a)
arresting Native Americans for their attacks on whites
b)
opening up Native American land for settlement by whites
c)
creating the Trail of Tears
d)
forcing Native Americans to convert to Christianity
83.
What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?
a)
Length of the journey
b)
Disease
c)
Weather
d)
All of the above
84.
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.
85.
a)
Great Britain Cession Convention of 1816, Cession from England
b)
Texas 1845
c)
Gadsden Purchase 1853
d)
Oregon 1846
86.
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
87.
Which war happened because of Texas Annexation?
a)
Texas Revolution
b)
American Revolution
c)
US Mexican War
d)
Civil War
88.
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.
89.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain how to be saved
d)
The belief that states could ignore or cancel a federal law.
90.
As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?
a)
They agreed to give up their land.
b)
They were given their choice of where to live.
c)
They were forced to live in reservations.
d)
They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.
91.
What states were part of the Mexican Cession?
a)
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
b)
Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi
c)
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
d)
California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada
92.
Which part of the country was the Mexican Cession in?
a)
Northeastern U.S.
b)
Southeastern U.S.
c)
Northwestern U.S.
d)
Southwestern U.S.
93.
The war with Mexico BEGAN with
a)
California's rebellion
b)
a border dispute in Texas
c)
the Battle of Buena Vista
d)
a US invasion of Mexico City
94.
How did the U.S. acquire Oregon?
a)
treaty with the British
b)
war with England
c)
purchased from the British
d)
war with Mexico
95.
The discovery of gold led to
a)
California statehood
b)
Polk becoming president
c)
a war with Mexico
d)
Texas statehood
96.
The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that American should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Great Lakes
97.
Name a way the United States DID NOT acquire land in the West
a)
Buying it from France
b)
Winning it from Mexico in War
c)
Taking it from France
d)
Splitting land with Britain
98.
Which of the following is an example of foreign policy?
a)
The United States builds railroads in the West
b)
The United States fights a war against Mexico
c)
The United States creates schools in the East
d)
The United States expands the number of factories it has
99.
Which of the following is an example of domestic policy?
a)
The US makes land cheap for farmers in the West
b)
The US trades with France
c)
The US decides to isolate itself from the rest of the world
d)
The US fights against the British in war
100.
Which of the following people would want the United States to add more land in the Southwest?
a)
A Californio
b)
A Native American
c)
Someone against slavery
d)
A white Southerner
101.
What WAS NOT a reason to move west?
a)
Escape the law
b)
Start a business
c)
Land was cheaper
d)
The government was more organized there
102.
A belief in manifest destiny, the Mexican - American War and the completion of the Transcontinental railroad are most closely associated with the
a)
rise of big business
b)
growth of the labor movement
c)
abolitionist movement
d)
expansion and settlement of the West
103.
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
104.
Which of the following is NOT associated with rapidly granting statehood to California.
a)
The 49ers were eager to be connected to the Union.
b)
John C. Fremont and others wanted it to become an independent country called the Bear Flag Republic.
c)
The Gold Rush made California extremely valuable.
d)
It broke the Missouri Compromise, leading to the Civil War.
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