US Manifest Destiny PreTest
____ 1. Which of the following treaties ended the U.S.-Mexican War?
a. Treaty of Paris
b. Treaty of Washington
c. Adams-Onis Treaty
d. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
____ 2. Which of the following geographic locations allowed for increased labor from a
great number of immigrants from Asia?
a. location of California along the Pacific Ocean
b. location of Texas along the Rio Grande River
c. location of Great Plains between the Rockies and the Mississippi
River
d. none of the above
____ 3. Settlers who came to California looking for gold were called what?
a. Miners
b. Vigilantes
c. Forty-Niners
d. Mormons
____ 4. Why did Congress have difficulty admitting Texas to the Union?
a. It would cost too much
b. It would make them look bad
c. It would displace Native Americans
d. It would upset the balance
____ 5. In 1787 Congress established a system for creating new states from western
territories_____
a. through the Monroe Doctrine
b. through the Northwest Ordinance
c. with the Treaty of Paris
d. with the approval of the Three-Fifths Compromise
____ 6. Under the terms of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, new states admitted to
the Union--a. could not take part in presidential elections
b. were considered equal to existing states
c. were required to defend Native American lands
d. were required to allow slavery
____ 7. Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest
Destiny?
a. the owner of a textile factory in the Northeast
b. a slave on a Southern plantation
c. a Native American
d. a farmer wanting to obtain new land
____ 8. Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that______
a. the United States went to war with Mexico
b. transcendentalists established utopian societies
c. the Bank of the United States was established
d. women organized the Seneca Falls Convention
____ 9. Oregon country was which direction from California?
a. north
b. south
c. east
d. west
____10. What did the United States insist was the border between the United States
and Mexico?
a. Rio Grande
b. Nueces River
c. the Alamo
d. Mexico City
____11. Which event was most influenced by the American belief in “Manifest
Destiny”?
a. the start of the US-Mexican War
b. Cherokee march along the Trail of Tears
c. defeat of Britain in the American Revolution
d. acquisition of Florida
____12. Which areas were added to the United States by the Louisiana Purchase?
a. territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Appalachians
b. territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River
c. territory from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
d. territory from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
____13. Which of the following list of events from U.S. history is in the correct
sequence?
a. Louisiana Purchase, Trail of Tears, Annexation of Texas,
California Gold Rush
b. Trail of Tears, California Gold Rush, Annexation of Texas,
Louisiana Purchase
c. California Gold Rush, Louisiana Purchase, Trail of Tears,
Annexation of Texas
d. Annexation of Texas, Louisiana Purchase, California Gold Rush,
Trail of Tears
____14. Which of the following led directly to the headline shown above?
a. the signing of the Oregon Treaty
b. the Louisiana Purchase by the United States
c. The signing of the Treaty of Ghent
d. U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War
____15. This map shows a pattern of migration that resulted from...
a. buffalo hunting
b. the demand for labor to build a railroad
c. the discovery of gold in California
d. the revolution in Texas
____16. In the 1850’s, a key issue in the debate over the admission of new states to
the Union was whether the new states would-a. allow slavery
b. build railroads
c. give women the right of suffrage
d. support homesteading
____17. Read each slogan from American History shown below:
1. Unit or Die!
2. Fifty-four forty or fight!!
3. Live free or die!
4. Free soil, free speech, free labor, free men!
Which slogan is most often associated with the nineteenth-century belief in
Manifest Destiny?
a. slogan 1
b. slogan 2
c. slogan 3
d. slogan 4
____18. By 1830, more than 20,000 Americans were living in the Mexican territory of
Texas. Which statement best explains why the American population in Texas
had grown to this level?
a. Americans had moved to Texas for greater religious freedom
b. the United States had invaded the northern regions of Texas
c. the Mexican government had given land grants to many
Americans
d. Americans had moved to Texas after Santa Anna’s attack on the
Alamo
____19. Which of the following was a provision of the Northwest Ordinance (1787)?
a. an area would become a territory after 10,000 free male settlers
moved to the area
b. an area would become a territory after 50,000 free male settlers
moved to the area
c. after 60,000 free people moved to the territory, the territory
could write a constitution and apply for statehood
d. after a territory became a state, the people living there would
decide whether slavery would be legal in the state
____20. The belief in Manifest Destiny led to many changes in American life. These
changes included al of the following except-a. difficult journeys across rugged, dangerous American land
b. fewer political problems resulting from American expansion
c. a new American attitude regarding the country’s scope and
range
d. increased tension between Native Americans and the U.S.
government
____21. John L. O’Sullivan included the following statement in a magazine article
published in 1845.
“The far-reaching, the boundless future will be the era of American
greatness.”
This statement reflects a popular American belief during O’Sullivan’s time.
This belief is most often known as-a.
b.
c.
d.
the Gold Rush
Industrialization
Manifest Destiny
the Missouri Compromise
____22. Which common American belief of the time best explains why the idea of
Manifest Destiny appealed to so many people in the United States?
a. development of new areas would lead to a growth of democracy
b. other nations were not interested in developing unsettled
territory
c. continued growth of the U.S. would bring an end to slavery
d. as the country expanded, voting rights would expand to include
women
____23. Which statement best explains how the U.S.-Mexican War contributed to the
growth of sectionalism in the United States?
a. disagreement over the war led to serious divisions between
members of the country’s political parties
b. government leaders planned to build factories and increase
industry in lands gained from Mexico during the war
c. the Mexican government had favored slavery, so territories
gained by the US after the war already had large slave
populations
d. the U.S. gained vast tracts of Mexican land which would
eventually be divided into new states, reopening the debate
over the role of slavery in the country
____24. The Northwest Ordinance (1787) included provisions for each of the following
EXCEPT the-a. prohibition of slavery
b. admission of new states
c. removal of native people
d. establishment of territories
____25. How did the development of westward trails, such as the Oregon Trail,
contribute to the growth of the United States?
a. trails provided safe and easy travel from the East to the West
b. trails followed the routes laid out by the Lewis and Clark
Expedition
c. trails protected natural areas and prevented damage to the
environment
d. trails were major routes for people planning to settle in the
western territories
American Progress
-John Gast 1872
US Manifest Destiny PreTest
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