Westward Expansion Flashcard

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Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny? Options: Abolishing slavery throughout the United States, Occupying all of North America, Withdrawing from foreign affairs, Returning to an agrarian economy

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Occupying all of North America

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The list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from-
Options: Italy, China, Germany, Japan

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China

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Which event on the timeline contributed most directly to the outbreak of the U.S.-Mexican War?

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Event 4

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What was one reason James K Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

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He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny

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Which of these characteristics also describes these two states? Options: Founded as work colonies for debtors, Former slave states, Were havens for religious dissenters, Former Spanish colonies

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Former Spanish colonies

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Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Options: A, B, C, D

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C

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During the 1840's, the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following? Options: The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Manifest Destiny, The American System, States' Rights

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Manifest Destiny

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How did the United States acquire the Oregon Territory?

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a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

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Which of the following best represents the ideas associated with the visual? Options: The spread of slavery should be outlawed north of Texas, The U.S. government felt Native Americans could live in peace with the White population, Americans believed it was their right to expand and possess the continent from ocean to ocean, A majority of Americans wanted to make peace and avoid the conflict of the Civil War

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Americans believed it was their right to expand and possess the continent from ocean to ocean

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What attracted so many Americans to California in the late 1840s?

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The discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada