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Name: 1.
Which of the following acquisitions secured control of North America's longest river, added substantially to the Native American, Spanish, and French populations of the country, and essentially doubled the size of the United States? A.
purchase of Alaska
B.
C.
Louisiana Purchase
D. purchase of Florida
4.
Go west, young man, and grow up with the country. —Horace Greeley Hints Toward Reform Greeley's quotation is associated with which of these?
Gadsden Purchase
2.
A.
Farmers Alliance
B.
Populist Party
C.
Manifest Destiny
D. Temperance movement
5.
By the mid-1800s, California was being settled mostly by people in search of A.
jobs in industrial cities.
B.
wealth from the discovery of gold.
C.
animal pelts for the fur trade.
D. trade with American Indians. Which president was responsible for the territorial acquisition indicated by the darker shaded area on the map above? A.
George Washington
B.
C.
Thomas Je erson
D. James Madison
6.
Texas has been absorbed into the Union in the inevitable ful llment of the general law which is rolling our population westward. —Democratic Review, 1845
John Adams
The quotation above describes the nineteenth-century American belief in 3.
Con ict with Mexico became highly likely following the granting of statehood to A.
Texas.
B.
Missouri.
C.
Arizona.
D. Louisiana.
A.
the Social Contract.
B.
Manifest Destiny.
C.
isolationism.
D. the Monroe Doctrine.
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7.
The Indian Removal Act (1830) relocated thousands of Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory for the purpose of A.
making the land available for white miners and farmers.
B.
allowing the Cherokee their freedom from U.S. control.
C.
obeying the Supreme Court's order to move the Cherokee.
10.
The settlement of the western plains of the United States in the late 1800s was encouraged by the provisions of the A.
Volstead Act.
B.
Federal Housing Act.
C.
Agricultural Adjustment Act.
D. Homestead Act.
D. creating a wilderness area for use by white fur trappers.
11.
The excerpt below is from a treaty signed in 1846 between the United States and Great Britain. From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between the United States and Great Britain terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island. . .
8.
—Treaty with Great Britain (1846) The terms of this treaty resolved a dispute between the United States and Great Britain over which of the following territories?
Which area on the map above was admitted as a state as a result of the Compromise of 1850? A.
9.
1
B.
2
C.
3
D. 4
In the mid-1800s, Americans who believed in the idea of Manifest Destiny thought that A.
it was important to maintain good relations with U.S. neighbors.
B.
no new territories should be added to the country.
C.
the Oregon territory should be equally divided between Britain and the United States.
A.
the Oregon Territory
B.
the Arizona Territory
C.
the Nebraska Territory
D. the Louisiana Territory
12.
D. the United States should expand its territory from the Atlantic to the Paci c.
Why did many Mormons migrate to the western United States? A.
to pursue gold mining
B.
to avoid the slavery con ict
C.
to take advantage of cheap farmland
D. to escape religious persecution
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13.
During the 1800s, what was frequently cited as a justi cation for U.S. expansionist policies in clashes with other nations? A.
Bill of Rights
B.
C.
Manifest Destiny
D. Gospel of Wealth
16.
Read the quotation below. The . . . speedy removal [of the Indians] . . . will place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters. . . . What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms . . . occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and lled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and religion?
Social Contract
—President Andrew Jackson, 1830
14.
Which of these statements re ects Andrew Jackson's attitude about American Indians and their lands?
Which of the following was a result of “Manifest Destiny”? A.
United States went to war with Mexico.
B.
Slaves were emancipated, set free.
C.
Population of the Northern states increased.
D. United States went to war with Great Britain.
A.
He believed that American Indians could not take care of themselves.
B.
He thought that American Indians might adapt to life on farms and in cities.
C.
He believed that white settlers could make better use of the land than American Indians.
D. He thought that American Indians would be happier when they were removed to new lands.
15.
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance.
17.
What did this legislation provide?
In 1840, less than 5,000 miles of railroad existed in the United States. By 1860, there were 30,000 miles of railroad in the United States. How did the growth of the railroads a ect the geographic expansion of the United States?
A.
a plan for slavery in new settlements
B.
a plan for voting rights for all men in new states
A.
C.
a plan for the exploration of Washington and Oregon
The railroads allowed people and goods to move westward more easily.
B.
The railroads allowed more people to come to the east coast to work in factories.
C.
The railroads allowed explorers to go west of the Mississippi River for the rst time.
D. a plan for the orderly settlement of new territory
D. The railroads allowed Americans easier access to the lands of Canada and Mexico.
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18.
19.
By the 1820s, farmers in the midwestern United States were sending crops and raw materials to the East and the South. Eastern factories were sending manufactured goods, such as textiles, to the Midwest. This growth of trade was made possible by the invention of the A.
telegraph.
B.
C.
steamboat.
D. automobile.
20.
cotton gin.
In the United States prior to 1820, which was the primary con ict between white settlers and American Indians? A.
conversion to Catholicism
B.
use of land
C.
navigation of the Mississippi River
D. protection of animals
Which best explains the objective of the Lewis and Clark expedition? A.
to become the rst Americans to navigate the Rio Grande River
B.
to destroy the power of American Indians along the Missouri River
C.
to defeat the French and take control of the Louisiana Territory for the United States
D. to map and explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase
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