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Manifest Destiny test

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Oregon Country was which direction from California?


a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

2.

Missionary killed by the Cayuse tribe.

a)

John Sutter

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Marcus Whitman

d)

John Quincy Adams

3.

Swiss immigrant & businessman

a)

John Sutter

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Marcus Whitman

d)

John Quincy Adams

4.

negotiated treaty with Spain

a)

John Sutter

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Marcus Whitman

d)

John Quincy Adams

5.

lost Presidency to James K Polk

a)

John Sutter

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Marcus Whitman

d)

John Quincy Adams

6.

Fur trappers known as __________ made money off of pelts in the Oregon territory.

a)

sandwich artists

b)

mountain men

c)

49ers

d)

Tejanos

7.

Which philosophy meant that the U.S. was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?

a)

joint occupation

b)

manifest destiny

c)

emigrant theory

d)

rendezvous philosophy

8.

which President refused to Texas' request for annexation?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

James K Polk

d)

John Tyler

9.

Which President passed away after only about a month of holding office?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

James K Polk

d)

John Tyler

10.

Which President followed Andrew Jackson and was blamed for the financial crisis in America?

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

James K Polk

d)

John Tyler

11.

Which President was removed from his political party while still in office?

a)

Martin Van Buren

b)

William Henry Harrison

c)

James K Polk

d)

John Tyler

12.

After the U.S. acquired Utah, _____________________ was named governor.

a)

Stephen F Austin

b)

Brigham Young

c)

James K Polk

d)

John Tyler

13.

Which newspaper editor is credited with coining the term “manifest destiny”? 

a)

Stephen F Austin

b)

Brigham Young

c)

John O’Sullivan

d)

John Tyler

14.

Who was one of the first Americans to settle in Texas?

a)

Stephen F Austin

b)

Brigham Young

c)

John O’Sullivan

d)

John Tyler

15.

Which General successfully invaded Mexico City.

a)

Steven Austin

b)

Brigham Young

c)

John O’Sullivan

d)

Winfield Scott

16.

After the Mexican-American War ended the __________ was recognized as the southern border of the United States.

a)

Rio Grand

b)

Red River

c)

Nueces River

d)

Rocky Mountains

17.

Mexico believed that the ___________ formed the Texas-Mexico border

a)

Rio Grand

b)

Red River

c)

Nueces River

d)

Rocky Mountains

18.

One reason the U.S. claimed Oregon Country was because of __________________________________.

a)

the 1844 Presidential Election

b)

the Treaty of Guadalupe

c)

the Whitman massacre

d)

the Lewis & Clark expedition

19.

Why did President Polk only serve one term? 

a)

He was expelled from the Democrat Party

b)

He lost his re-election bid

c)

He did not run for re-election

d)

He died while in his first term

20.

An important early battle was fought at the Alamo in _____ where the Texans were defeated.

a)

Houston

b)

San Antonio

c)

Dallas

d)

Austin

21.

________ was discovered in 1848 at Sutter's Mill in California

a)

Oil

b)

Silver

c)

Gold

d)

Diamonds

22.

The debate over ____________________in the new states became a big issue during westward expansion.

a)

housing

b)

telegraph lines

c)

railroads

d)

slavery

23.

What line of parallel was decided would be the boundary between the U.S. & Canada. 

a)

27th

b)

13th

c)

50th

d)

49th

24.

What country had Santa Anna been exiled to? 

a)

Bermuda

b)

Dominican Republic

c)

Cuba

d)

Haiti

25.

at one time Mexico was claimed by _____

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

France

d)

Russia

26.

As part of the terms of the treaty of __________, Mexico received half as much money as the U.S. had offered before the war began.

a)

El Paso

b)

Mortefontaine

c)

Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

Paris

27.

Which president used a Mexican attack on American forces as grounds for declaring war against Mexico?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

James K Polk

c)

John Tyler

d)

Zachary Taylor

28.

What was the first step in President Polk's plan to defeat Mexico?

a)

Get Texas independence

b)

Get California independence

c)

Capture El Paso

d)

Capture Mexico City

29.

What was the largest single migration in American history?

a)

mountain men to Oregon

b)

Sooners to Oklahoma

c)

49ers to California

d)

Mormons to Utah

30.

Which of the following groups made huge profits during the California Gold Rush?

a)

Tejano traders

b)

boomtown merchants

c)

Mormon traders

d)

49ers

31.

Frontier law was often handled by self-appointed ___________

a)

vigilantes

b)

49ers

c)

Tejanos

d)

mountain men

32.

How did Santa Anna convince James K. Polk to allow him back into Mexico? 

a)

He intimidated Polk

b)

He fought Polk

c)

He double crossed Polk

d)

He paid Polk

33.

As a result of gold rush, ____________ became a boomtown.

a)

San Diego

b)

Los Angeles

c)

San Francisco

d)

Santa Barbara