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Westward Expansion: 1840s Quiz
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1Manifest Destiny was the idea that God had given the continent to:
- AWhite men, and expected them to bring Christianity to the Native Americans.
- BAmericans, and it was the destiny to become the greatest nation in the world.
- CAmerican, and wanted them to settle western land.
- DAmericans, and it was their duty to protect the environment.
2The immediate causes of war between Mexico and United States was:
- Athe issue of slavery.
- Billegal immigration.
- CMexican debts.
- Dborder disputes.
3In the 1844 presidential race, candidate James K. Polk:
- AAnnex Texas, Oregon and Louisiana.
- BAnnex Texas and Oregon.
- CBuy Texas and Louisiana from Mexico.
- DAnnex Texas , Oregon, and California, and buy Louisiana from Mexico.
4Which choice best completes the diagram above:
- AClaimed Mexico City.
- BPaid Mexico $15 million.
- CPaid debts to Mexican citizens.
- DGave Oregon to Mexico.
5Which did Mexico accept as the southern border to Texas in the treaty that ended the war between Mexico and the United States?
- AThe Nueces Rives
- BThe Rio Grande
- CThe Oregon Trail
- DThe California Trail
6Passage: "In them entire we have tried every effort at reconciliation... But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has... invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil..."
In this passage, Polk is:- AAsking Texans to revolt against Mexican rule.
- BUrging Congress to declare war against Spain.
- CSeeking to annex California.
- DJustifying going to war against Mexico.
7"Texas is now ours. Already, before these words are written, her convention has undoubtedly ratified the acceptance, by her Congress, of our profession invitation into the Union; and made the requisite changes in her already republican form of constitution to adapt it to the future federal relations.... It is the manifest destiny of Americans to overspread the continent allowed by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying million"
Based on this statement in the passage above, Jon Louis O'Sullivan probably believed that :- AMexico was superior to the United States and would eventually retake Texas.
- BGod has given the entire continent to Americans and wanted them to settle it.
- CSquatters should be removed from the land because they did not own it.
- DAmericans should follow the rules set by the national Colonization Act.
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