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Manifest Destiny Summary Intro

Manifest Destiny Summary Intro

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8th Grade

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19 Slides • 17 Questions

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How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

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Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of supporters of "Manifest Destiny"?

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to convince Canada to become part of the USA

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tp expand the US territory to the Pacific Ocean

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to build a canal across Central America

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to acquire naval bases in the Carribbean

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Multiple Choice

What does it mean to annex a territory? Choose the best answer.

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To invite a people to move to a country or territory

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To add land to an existing country or territory

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To purchase a country or territory from a foreign power

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To remove people from an existing country or territory

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Multiple Choice

Who coined the term manifest destiny?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Andrew Jackson

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John O'Sullivan

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President Abraham Lincoln

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Multiple Choice

The idea of manifest destiny was that the United States was destined to do what?

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Occupy all of the land in the Central United States

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Occupy all of the Eastern United States

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Expand its land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

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Expand its land from Canada to South America

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Reorder

Reorder the following.

What order did the United States acquire its territories?

Louisiana

Florida

Texas

Oregon

Gadsden

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Fill in the Blank

The United States won its indpendence with the Treaty of Paris of ______.

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Multiple Choice

The MAIN attraction that drew new settlers to the Northwest Territory in the late 1700s and early 1800s was

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The land was uninhabited

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Growing cities offered factory jobs.

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The region thrived on plantation agriculture.

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Land was good for growing crops.

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Multiple Choice

According to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, when did a territory enter stage three, allowing it to apply to become a state?

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When Congress decided the territory was ready

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When the president decided the territory was ready

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After 60,000 free people lived in a territory

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When the governor voted to allow the territory to apply

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Dropdown

President Jefferson sent a representative to France to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans because the city was ​ ​
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Dropdown

President Jefferson sent ​
to explore the area gained from the Louisiana Purchase.

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Drag and Drop

What year was the Louisiana Purchase? ​
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1803
1776
1783
1830

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Name The Territories

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Original 13 Colonies

America

Louisiana

Florida

Texas

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Multiple Choice

How did the land that is now Oregon and Washington become part of the United States?

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It was signed over by Britain in a treaty ending joint occupation by the two countries.

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It was bought by France, as it was part of the territory that changed hands with the Louisiana Purchase.

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It was part of the Mexican Cession, which was territory gained following the U.S.-Mexican War

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It was purchased from Russia, which had previously established fur trading posts there.

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In 1844, James K. Polk ran for presidency on a platform favoring ​
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The ​
ended the Mexican-American war.​
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of 1783
Adams-Onis Treaty
Rush-Bagot Treaty

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Multiple Choice

How did the acquisition of the identified land shown above impact the growth of the United States?

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Allowed for an easy trade route into Mexico

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Prompted the belief in Manifest Destiny

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Expanded trade between the south and west

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Relocated Natives to avoid further conflicts

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