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Rev#2- Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion ID/Vocab Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is territory?

a)

an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state

b)

the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals

c)

the process of bringing property into ownership of a larger unit

2.

What is diplomacy?

a)

an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state

b)

the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals

c)

the process of bringing property into ownership of a larger unit

d)

able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible

3.

What is annex?

a)

able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible

b)

an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state

c)

the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals

d)

the process of bringing property into ownership of a larger unit

4.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

a)

Hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Sent by Pres. Monroe to chase the Seminole Native Americans into Florida. Disobeyed orders and invaded Florida. Later became President of the US

b)

leader of France from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815. Sold the Louisiana Territory to the US

c)

an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state

d)

the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals

5.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible

b)

Secretary of State who supported President Monroe's forceful expansion into Florida. Later President of the US himself

c)

the art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals

d)

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable

6.

Who was the US President responsible for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Santa Anna

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

7.

Who was the leader of France who sold the Louisiana Territory to the US?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Santa Anna

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

8.

What was the name of the loose confederacy of Native American people and tribes originally from southern Georgia, northern Florida, and Alabama?

a)

Cherokee Nation

b)

Seminole Tribe

c)

Creek Confederacy

d)

Choctaw Nation

9.

What was the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Mexican Cession

10.

Who was the US President responsible for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and who tried (but failed) to buy Florida from Spain?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Santa Anna

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

11.

Who was the leader of Mexico during the Mexican-American War?

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

c)

James K. Polk

d)

John Tyler

12.

What was the outcome of the Texas War for Independence?

a)

Texas remained under Mexican rule

b)

Texas gained independence from Mexico

c)

Texas became a territory of the United States

d)

Texas was divided into two separate states

13.

Which battle encouraged more Americans to support Texas' fight for independence?

a)

The Alamo

b)

The Battle of San Jacinto

c)

The Battle of Gonzales

d)

The Battle of Goliad

14.

What was the original border of Oregon that James K. Polk promised to conquer?

a)

49 N latitude line

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Nueces River

d)

54.4 N latitude line

15.

What was the result of the Mexican-American War?

a)

Mexico gained control of Texas

b)

Texas gained independence from Mexico

c)

The United States gained the Mexican Cession

d)

The United States gained control of all of Mexico

16.

Who was responsible for the purchase of the Oregon Country and annexation of Texas?

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Antonio López de Santa Anna

c)

General Antonio López

d)

President General

17.

What was the campaign slogan of James K. Polk?

a)

54'40" or Fight"

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

Treaty of Guadalope-Hidalgo

18.

Which battle encouraged many more Americans to support Texas' fight for independence?

a)

The Alamo Mission Battle

b)

Mexican-American War

c)

Treaty of Guadalope-Hidalgo

d)

Mexican Cession

19.

What was the result of the Mexican-American War?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Annexation of Texas

c)

Purchase of the Oregon Country

d)

Independence of Texas

20.

What was the Treaty of Guadalope-Hidalgo?

a)

The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War

b)

The battle that encouraged Americans to support Texas' fight for independence

c)

The campaign slogan of James K. Polk

d)

The area of land that Mexico had to give the US following the Mexican-American War