Manifest Destiny MEMS

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Abolishing slavery throughout the United States

• Occupying all of North America

• Withdrawing from foreign affairs

• Returning to a agrarian economy

Why was James O'Sullivan significant?

• He was a war general in the Texan Revolution

• He was a wealthy railroad owner

• He worked for President Polk

• He coined the term Manifest Destiny

What do the Native Americans going to the left demonstrate?

• They were also excited about Manifest destiny

• Buffalo that they hunted moved West to avoid the pioneers as more arrived, and the Native Americans followed them.

• They were being pushed off their land.

• They moved West for new opportunities

The name given to the group of pioneers who went to California during the Gold Rush

• Forty Niners

• Gold diggers

• Seventy Sixers

• Golden Arches

In what state do most of the trails begin?

• Montana

• Missouri

• Michigan

• Illinois

Document that ended the U.S. - Mexican War

• Treaty of Paris

• Adams - Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of San Jacinto

Which of these best completes the diagram?

• California

• New Mexico

• Florida

• Texas

Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

• Formerly part of Mexico

• Boarded by the Pacific

• Slaveholding state

• Dependent on heavy industry

President James K. Polk...

• opposed manifest destiny

• was an advocate of manifest destiny

• regretted going to war with Mexico

• signed the Adams-Onis Treaty

What states were part of the Mexican Cession?

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania

• Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi

• California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada

• Oregon, Washington, Idaho