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Manifest Destiny Extra Credit

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
Which of the following presidents purchased Louisiana?
a)
Washington
b)
Adams
c)
Jefferson
d)
Jackson
4.
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
5.
Why was the Gadsden Purchase added to the U.S. in 1853?
a)
it was needed for the building of a railroad
b)
it was a gift from Mexico
c)
it was part of the treaty with Mexico
d)
gold was discovered in that area
6.
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.
7.
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
8.
Name the piece of Land.
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Mexican Cession 
c)
Louisiana Purchase 
d)
Florida Cession
9.
Name the piece of land.
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Northwest Territory 
c)
Trans-Appalachian West 
d)
Oregon Country 
10.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They increased the territory of the United States.
c)
Each resulted in territory annexed by the United States.
d)
Each involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.
11.
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?
a)
Jobs in factories
b)
Jobs on the farm
c)
Family
d)
Friends
12.
Why would people head West on the Oregon Trail?
a)
Free pizza at the end of the trip.
b)
They win a million dollars.
c)
New land, opportunities & life.
d)
The Oregon coast was prettier than the East coast.
13.
Why were Mormons going on the Mormon Trail?
a)
They were being persecuted 
b)
People wanted their lands 
c)
Natives didn't want them on their land 
d)
All of the above
14.

Name

a)

Florida Cession (a.k.a. Spanish Cession)

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Oregon Country

d)

Mexican Cession

15.

Name

a)

Texas Annexation

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Louisiana Territory

d)

Gadsden Purchase

16.

Treaty

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

b)

Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

Oregon Treaty

d)

Treaty of Paris, 1783

17.

How/from whom did we acquire this territory?

a)

from Mexico after U.S.-Mexican War

b)

purchased from France for $15,000,000

c)

split with the British along 49th parallel

d)

annexed by an act of Congress

18.

How/from whom did we acquire this territory?

a)

from Mexico after U.S.-Mexican War

b)

purchased from France for $15,000,000

c)

split with the British along 49th parallel

d)

ceded by Britain following Revolutionary War

19.

What was one reason James k. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

a)

He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.

b)

He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.

c)

He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.

d)

He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River

20.

Which title best completes this list?

a)

Economic Motives for Passing the Northwest Ordinance

b)

Reasons for Issuing the Monroe Doctrine

c)

Economic Motives for Manifest Destiny Policies

d)

Reasons for the Gadsden Purchase

21.

During the 1840's the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

The American System

d)

States Rights

22.

Which of the following occurred as a result of these events?

a)

The president of Mexico refused to withdraw troops from Texas

b)

Parts of southern Texas were returned to Mexico

c)

The United States acquired several territories from Mexico

d)

Mexico was forced to sell Florida to the United States

23.

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when -

a)

a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

b)

Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 Million

c)

the territory's settlers voted for annexation by the United States

d)

Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 Million

24.

Which of these characteristics also describes these two states?

a)

Founded as work colonies for debtors

b)

Former Slave States

c)

Were havens for religious dissenters

d)

Former Spanish colonies

25.

Which statement describes the impact of this invention?

a)

Allowed easy assembly of new devices

b)

Made cotton cleaning more efficient

c)

increased farm productivity

d)

increased factory production

26.

This territory was "bought" after Savage Jackson took it..... Because THUGLIFE

a)

Florida

b)

Louisiana

c)

Texas

d)

Oregon

27.

A major characteristic of industrialization in the United States prior to the Civil War was a

a)

population shift to urban areas

b)

decline in the cotton harvest

c)

boom in oil and gas production

d)

rapid system for manufacturing cars