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MANIFEST DESTINY REVIEW

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT DID THOMAS JEFFERSON SPEAK OF SPREADING?

a)

MANIFEST DESTINY

b)

THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

c)

AN "EMPIRE OF LIBERTY"

d)

ALL OF THESE

2.

WHAT IS "MANIFEST DESTINY"?

a)

THE GOD-GIVEN DESTINY THAT AMERICA SHOULD EXPAND

b)

THAT AMERICA SHOULD TAKE TEXAS FROM MEXICO

c)

THAT THE ALAMO WAS A INSPIRATIONAL BATTLE

d)

ALL OF THESE

3.

WHAT ARE THE BIG EVENTS THAT GO WITH MANIFEST DESTINY??

a)

DISPUTE OVER OREGON TERRITORY

b)

ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

c)

THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

d)

SLAVERY

e)

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

4.

TRUE OR FALSE: ONE OF THE 3 THEMES OF MANIFEST DESTINY WAS THE EXPANSION OF SLAVERY.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

HOW MUCH DID THE POPULATION GROW FROM 1790 TO 1860 IN THE UNITED STATES?

a)

1 MILLION TO 20 MILLION

b)

4 MILLION TO 31 MILLION

c)

31 MILLION TO 44 MILLION

d)

25 MILLION TO 100 MILLION

6.

TRUE OR FALSE: ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE WERE MOVING WEST WAS BECAUSE THEY WANTED MORE SLAVES.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

WHAT COUNTRIES WERE FIGHTING OVER THE OREGON TERRITORY?

a)

UNITED STATES

b)

RUSSIA

c)

GREAT BRITAIN

d)

SPAIN

8.

WHO DID THE UNITED STATES HAVE A "SHOWDOWN" WITH OVER THE OREGON TERRITORY?

a)

SPAIN

b)

RUSSIA

c)

GREAT BRITAIN

d)

ALL OF THESE

9.

WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1844 WITH THE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN OF "FIFTY FOUR FORTY OR FIGHT"...

a)

JACKSON

b)

TAYLOR

c)

JEFFERSON

d)

POLK

10.

TRUE OR FALSE: THE DISPUTE OVER THE FIFTY FOUR/FORTY LINE WAS ABOUT THE BORDER OF UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN IN OREGON.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

WHO WAS THE MEXICAN GENERAL THAT DEFEATED THE AMERICAN TROOPS AT THE ALAMO?

a)

JACKSON

b)

TAYLOR

c)

CROCKETT

d)

SANTA ANNA

12.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ALAMO?

a)

IT WAS A 13 DAY BATTLE

b)

SANTA ANNA AND HIS TROOPS VS A SMALL GROUP OF AMERICANS

c)

THE AMERICANS WERE LED BY DAVY CROCKETT

d)

THE AMERICANS LOST THE BATTLE

13.

WHAT WAS THE TEXAN'S BATTLE CRY AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO?

a)

FIFTY FOUR /FORTY OR FGHT

b)

AN EMPIRE OF LIBERTY FOR ALL

c)

REMEMBER THE ALAMO

d)

MANIESTY DESTIINY

14.

TRUE OR FALSE: ZACHARY TAYLOR WAS THE GENERAL WHO FINALLY DEFEATED SANTA ANNA AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

WHAT PRESIDENTS DID NOT WANT TO ADD TEXAS TO THE UNION?

a)

JACKSON

b)

TAYLOR

c)

POLK

d)

VAN BUREN

16.

WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR JACKSON AND VAN BUREN NOT WANTING TO ADD TEXAS TO THE UNION?

a)

THEY WERE UNSURE OF TEXAS' LOYALTY

b)

THEY HAD A NATIVE AMERICAN PROBLEM

c)

THEY DID NOT WANT TO UPSET THE BALANCE OF SLAVE VS FREE STATES IN CONGRESS

d)

THEY WERE AT WAR WITH MEXICO

17.

WHAT PRESIDENT EVENTUALLY ADDED TEXAS TO THE UNION?

a)

TAYLOR

b)

JACKSON

c)

POLK

d)

VAN BUREN

18.

TRUE OR FALSE: POLK ALSO WANTED TO EXPAND INTO CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO AFTER THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

WHAT GENERAL DID POLK SEND INTO THE RIO GRANDE AREA TO START A DISTURBANCE WITH MEXICO.

a)

JACKSON

b)

SANTA ANNA

c)

SCOTT

d)

TAYLOR

20.

WHAT WAS POLK;S REASON FOR GOING TO WAR WITH MEXICO?

a)

IT WAS MANIFEST DESTINY

b)

AMERICAN BLOOD HAD BEEN SHED ON AMERICAN SOIL

c)

HE WANTED AN EMPIRE OF LIBERTY

d)

HE WANTED TO FREE THE SLAVES

21.

TRUE OR FALSE: SOME CONSIDER THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AS THE FIRST WAR THAT AMERICA HAD FOUGHT ON FOREIGN SOIL>

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

HOW MANY FRONTS DID THE AMERICANS FIGHT THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR ON?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

5

23.

WHAT TREATY ENDED THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR?

a)

TREATY OF SAN JACINTO

b)

TREATY OF HOUSTON

c)

TREATY OF SANTA ANNA

d)

TREATY OF GUADALUPE HILDALGO

24.

HOW MANY FUTURE STATES DID WE GAIN TERRITORY FROM IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

25.

WHERE WAS GOLD FIRST DISCOVERED?

a)

IN MEXICO

b)

IN SAN FRANCISCO

c)

AT SUTTER'S MILL

d)

ALL OF THESE

26.

WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO MOVED TO CALIFORNIA LOOKING FOR GOLD?

a)

GOLD DIGGERS

b)

49 ER'S

c)

PROSPECTORS

d)

SETTLERS

27.

TRUE OR FALSE: THE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION OF 49ER;S THAT WERE AMERICANS DURING THIS TIME WAS?

a)

100

b)

25

c)

80

d)

50

28.

I FEEL CONFIDENT I CAN PASS A QUIZ ON MANIFEST DESTINY TOMORROW.

a)

YES, READY TO GO

b)

NO, REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT MY NOTES MORE