What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
L15 Manifest Destiny

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Shirley Embrogno
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Manifest destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Great Awakening
Louisiana Purchase
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The United States acquired land in all of these ways except
through war
through treaties.
through colonization.
through inheritance.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before the early 1800s, which two countries claimed the Louisiana Territory?
Russia and Mexico
Great Britain and Spain
France and Great Britain
France and Spain
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
It led to war.
It doubled the nation's size.
It limited trade opportunities.
It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one reason why the United States wanted to acquire Florida?
to increase population
to end the raids on Georgia's farms by Native Americans
to control the Mississippi River
to provide a short route to Europe
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the United States buy the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?
to gain a good railroad route to California
for a land grant to increase the size of Arizona
to put an end to illegal immigration to the United States
to end a long border dispute with Mexico
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Mexico's policy toward slavery in the 1830s?
It was illegal.
Farmers depended upon it.
Mexico traded enslaved people for crops.
It was a debated issue between Mexican states.
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What country had a "joint occupation" of the Oregon territory with the United States?
Spain
France
England
Mexico
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The war with Mexico from 1846-1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding to the US a huge region from Texas to California.
Texas War for Independence
Mexican-American War
War of 1812
World War II
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