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What territory is circled? Options: Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana, Oregon, Florida

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Oregon

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What port did Jefferson want control of by purchasing Louisiana? Options: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Orleans, Texas

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New Orleans

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Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?

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Worry about adding Texas as a slave state; Annexing Texas would lead to a war with Mexico; There would be imbalance of slave states and free states.

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Which of the following was NOT one of the other countries with claims to the Oregon territory: Spain, France, Mexico, Great Britain?

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Great Britain

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What territory is circled? Options: Louisiana, Gadsden Purchase, Texas, Mexican Cession

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Louisiana

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What territory is circled? Options: Florida, Louisiana, US to 1783, Texas

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US to 1783

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What territory is circled? Options: Texas, Louisiana, Florida, US to 1783

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Florida

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Which statement best defines the concept of Manifest Destiny? Options: The government of the United States should expand military control around the world. The government of the United States should move Native Americans to reservations. The people of the United States are entitled to expand across the continent. The people of the United States are filled with the creative energy of immigrants.

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The people of the United States are entitled to expand across the continent.

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The primary goal of manifest destiny was to

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expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

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What was the "battle cry" used during Polks' campaign to threaten the British to get out of Oregon?

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54° 40' or Fight