Westward Expansion

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Manuel Cuevas

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Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.

Native peoples in the United States should be treated with respect.

The United States should respect the land claims of countries.

All people in the United States should have the right to vote.

Multiple Choice

This invention was completed in Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 and united the East and West coasts of the United States.

The Transcontinental Railroad

The Steamboat

The Stagecoach

The Aeroplane

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Utah was mostly settled by what group of people who sought a place where they could freely practice their religion?

Mormons

Christians

Native Americans

Mountain men and fur trappers

Multiple Choice

What year did the most miners rush to California?

1848

1849

1852

1853

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Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?

The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast

A slave on a southern plantation

A Native American

A farmer wanting to obtain new land

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Which president favored the annexation of Texas?

Sam Houston

James K. Polk

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

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What action by the United States led to the Mexican-American War in 1846?

Annexing Texas

Invading Texas

Admitting Texas as a free state

Sending troops to Mexico City

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Why did northerners object to the annexation of Texas?

It would support the Missouri Compromise

It would increase the number of free states

It would increase the number of slave states

It created additional alliances with Mexico

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What agreement gave America present-day California, Nevada, and Utah as well as parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming?

Treaty of Ghent

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Gadsden Purchase

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President Polk won the Election of 1844 by a landslide because...

He was the only person running for President

He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny

He was a "Common Man" and people felt connected to him

He actually didn't win, Henry Clay was the 11th President

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Letter 'E" marks which of the following:

United States in 1783

Mexican Cession

Texas

The Louisiana Purchase

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Why was the area marked by letter "C" added to the U.S.?

The U.S. needed to flat terrain to build the Transcontinental Railroad

The U.S. won the area after the border disputes were settled

Mexico just gave the land to the U.S. in order to preserve peace

The U.S. had always owned the land

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Which area of land was acquired in 1848 after a conflict with Mexico?

Multiple Choice

What state was given to the U.S. as part of the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain in 1819?

Texas

California

Florida

Oregon

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When the U.S. acquired land area "A" it had reached it's goal of....

Taking over all of Spain's Territory

Taking over all of Mexico's Territory

Pushing Great Britain out of North America

Reaching the Pacific Ocean

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All of the following were causes of the U.S.-Mexico War EXCEPT:

The Annexation of Texas

The U.S. claims to Oregon

Border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico

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What land area was acquired after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

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What group of people settled in present day Utah after leaving the east coast because of religious persecution?

The Catholics

The Mormons

The Forty-Niners

Spanish Settlers

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Manifest Destiny offered many people...

Economic Opportunity

Nothing

More Factory Jobs

New Technological Innovations

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What was the start point for most trails west?

St. Louis/Independence Missouri

Salt Lake City Utah

San Francisco California

Boston Massachusetts

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What trail is shown in image

Sante Fe Trail

Oregon Trail

Mormon Trail

California Trail

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What border did the U.S. and Great Britain agree on in Oregon Country?

54 degrees

48 degrees

49 degrees

55 degrees

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Mexico believed this river was the border between Texas and Meixco

Nueces River

Rio Grande

Red River

Mississippi River

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America believed this river was the border between Texas and Meixco

Nueces River

Rio Grande

Red River

Mississippi River

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Why did the Mexican-American War begin?

Mexico did not want Americans on their territory.

Mexico wouldn't trade with the United States.

The US wanted a port from Mexico.

The US and Mexico could not agree on a boarder.

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