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Manifest Destiny Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The belief that the U.S. should always be friends with other countries

b)

The belief that the U.S. should get more gold

c)

The belief that the U.S. should be the strongest country

d)

The belief that the U.S. should expand from coast to coast

2.

The goal of "Manifest Destiny" stated that Americans should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________ and occupy all of North America.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Great Lakes

3.

What area of land is this?

a)

Annexation of Texas

b)

Original 13 Colonies

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Original U.S. from the Treaty of Paris 1783

4.

What area of land is this?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Annexation of Texas

c)

Original U.S. from the Treaty of Paris 1783

d)

Mexican Cession

5.

Which piece of land was acquired from the British from the Treaty of Paris 1783

a)

Original U.S.

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

6.

What area of land is this?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

7.

Under Thomas Jefferson, The U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase from which country?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Mexico

8.

Which President showed he believed in Manifest Destiny by purchasing the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James K. Polk

d)

James Monroe

9.

Which piece of land was acquired from the French in 1803.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

10.

What area is highlighted in PURPLE?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Florida Cession

c)

Texas Annexation

d)

Oregon Territory

11.

The U.S. signed the Adams-Onis treaty with which country to get Florida?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Mexico

12.

Which piece of land was acquired from the Spanish in 1819.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

13.

What area is highlighted in GREEN?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Texas Annexation

d)

Oregon Territory

14.

Which piece of land joined the United States as a state in 1845?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

15.

Americans in Texas had a revolution to become independent from which nation?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Mexico

16.

What does "annex" mean?

a)

To negotiate peacefully

b)

To add territory to a country

c)

A document signed between 2 countries

d)

When 2 countries fight over land

17.

Name the piece of land.

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Louisiana Territory

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Oregon Country

18.

Which piece of land allowed the U.S. to reach the Pacific Ocean by signing a treaty with the British in 1846?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

19.

The U.S. made a treaty with which nation to get the Oregon Territory?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Mexico

20.

Name the piece of land.

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Louisiana Territory

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

Oregon Country

21.

After the U.S. annexed ______________, this led to a border dispute between the U.S. and Mexico which caused the U.S. Mexican War.

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

the Louisiana Territory

d)

Oregon Country

22.

Which piece of land was ceded by Mexico in 1848 as a condition of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Mexican Cession

23.

Where is the Mexican Cession?

a)

The Southwest U.S. (CA, NV, UT, etc.)

b)

The Northwest U.S. (OR, WA, ID)

c)

The Northeast U.S. (NY, PA, CT, etc.)

d)

The Southeast U.S. (FL, GA, NC, etc.)

24.

Which of the following were part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Select all that apply.

a)

Mexico got to keep the border at the Nueces River

b)

Mexico got $15 million

c)

The U.S. got the Mexican Cession

d)

The U.S. got Texas, and the border at the Rio Grande

25.

Where did the U.S. say was the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

a)

The Nueces River

b)

The Rio Grande

c)

The Mississippi River

d)

The Rocky Mountains

26.

After the U.S. Mexican War was fought, Which treaty was signed that allowed the United States to gain Mexican Cession

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Oregon Treaty

27.

California was a former colony of

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugual

28.

All of the following are effects of the California Gold Rush EXCEPT?

a)

Cities grew quickly.

b)

Immigration to the U.S. decreased.

c)

People stayed in California after the Gold Rush.

d)

Thousands of people rushed west to try to get rich.

29.

What area is highlighted in RED?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Texas Annexation

d)

Oregon Territory

30.

Which piece of land did the U.S. purchase from Mexico in 1853 and allowed the nation to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Florida Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

31.

Why did the U.S. want to buy the Gadsden Purchase?

a)

To get California

b)

For good farmland

c)

To build a railroad

d)

For gold

32.

Group of immigrants that migrated across the Pacific Ocean to California to work on the Transcontinental Railroad. They suffered persecution, or nativism, by the Americans.

a)

Mountain Men

b)

Forty-Niners

c)

Mormons

d)

Chinese

33.

Left their homeland and moved west to present-day Utah to escape religious persecution.

a)

Mountain Men

b)

Forty-Niners

c)

Mormons

d)

Chinese

34.

Left their nation due to the Potato Famine in which there was a major crop failure. Migrated to the United States.

a)

Irish

b)

Forty-Niners

c)

Mormons

d)

Chinese

35.

Which states were formerly part of Mexico and before that Spain?

a)

Texas

b)

Oregon

c)

California

d)

Florida

36.

Which state was gold discovered and led to an increase in mining in the west in the early 1850s?

a)

Texas

b)

Oregon

c)

California

d)

Florida

37.

Which states were Spanish colonies? Select all that apply.

a)

Texas

b)

Virginia

c)

California

d)

Florida

38.

-New Markets

-Discovery of gold

-Farmland


These are all ____________ reasons for migrating westward.

a)

Economic

b)

Political

c)

Social

39.

Reasons for Manifest Destiny. Select two.

a)

Increase in Population

b)

Inexpensive land

c)

Economic growth in the east

d)

Southern agriculture

40.

What was an effect of Westward Expansion?

a)

Population in the west increased

b)

Population in the west decreased

c)

Native Americans were treated as equals

d)

The population did not change

41.

Los Angeles, CA

El Paso, TX

San Antonio, TX

San Francisco, CA


Which European country had a strong influence on these cities names by spreading its language and culture in these area?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Portugal

42.

How did workers modify the environment to build the Transcontinental Railroad? Select two.

a)

Blasted tunnels in mountains

b)

Built bridges

c)

Built underground tunnels in the Pacific Ocean

d)

Built the Erie Canal

43.

This painting best represents the spread of _____________________. Select all that apply.

a)

Christianity westward

b)

Western culture expanding

c)

Civilization westward

d)

The movement of buffalo.

44.

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing and factories?

a)

the north

b)

the south

c)

the west

45.

Which region of the country had an economy mainly based on plantations, agriculture, and growing cotton?

a)

the north

b)

the south

c)

the west

46.

Which region of the country had an economy mainly based on mining?

a)

the north

b)

the south

c)

the west

47.

Which treaty was where the United States gained all land up to the Mississippi River as a result of the American Revolution?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

Oregon Treaty

48.

Which treaty was where the United States gained Florida from Spain in the year 1819?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

Oregon Treaty

49.

After winning the U.S. - Mexican War, the U.S. gained the Mexican Cession. Which treaty was signed that allowed the U.S. to gain this territory for $15 million?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

Oregon Treaty

50.

Which treaty was signed with the British in 1846 that allowed the U.S. to finally reach the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

Oregon Treaty

51.

Texas was a former colony of

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugual