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Unit Test: Manifest Destiny PD 3 In Class

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  • Q1
    1. Below is a famous painting depicting the concept of Manifest Destiny in the United States in the 19th century. All of the figures are moving to the LEFT in the painting because -
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    c. "Manifest Destiny" was the philosophy behind Westward Expansion, and west is usually on the left side of a map.
    a. There is no meaning; it's just how the artist painted the picture.
    d. American politics were moving to the left at this time.
    b. "Manifest Destiny" referred to free Black individuals moving from the South to the North, and north is usually on the left side of a map.
    30s
  • Q2
    2. Which of the following is true of Manifest Destiny in the 1800s?
    a. It was based on pervasive belief in white supremacy and European-American cultural superiority.
    b. Native Americans were perceived as inferior and the westward movement of Americans into traditionally indigenous lands was considered an absolute right of white people.
    d. All of the above statements are true of Manifest Destiny.
    c. Many of the first westward settlers were missionaries seeking to Christianize indigenous groups.
    30s
  • Q3
    3. What was one major reason that the Republic of Texas declared independence in 1836?
    c. The American army's loss to the Spanish at the Battle of the Alamo.
    d. Nullification.
    a. Disagreement with Mexico over the legality of slavery.
    b. Tension with the United States government over federal taxes; "taxation without representation."
    30s
  • Q4
    4. The Missouri Compromise was necessary because-
    a. Maine wanted to be admitted into the Union as a slave state, but the other New England States were free states.
    b. The balance of power between the North and the South was threatened in the Senate.
    d. The elections of 1824 and 1828 were deemed "unfair" and the new compromise made electoral votes more equitable.
    c. Missouri followed Kansas and South Carolina in the nullification process.
    30s
  • Q5
    6. An important result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was that it - ?
    a. Contributed to Bleeding Kansas.
    d. All of the above statements are TRUE.
    c. Stoked national tensions over slavery.
    b. Allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas.
    30s
  • Q6
    7. Who were the "Forty-Niners?"
    a. Southern veterans of the Mexican-American War of 1849.
    c. Gold prospectors in California.
    d. U.S. senators who voted to legalize slavery in all territories west of the Mississippi.
    b. Texas veterans of the Battle of the Alamo.
    30s
  • Q7
    8. What can best be inferred about California in the below newspaper article from 1848?
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    b. The discovery of gold in California was a good excuse to go to war with Mexico over the region.
    d. America should not bring California into the Union until it can prove its value.
    a. California was rich in natural resources like gold.
    c. Indigenous groups in California should be removed to provide white settlers access to the resources.
    30s
  • Q8
    9. What best describes the experiences of Chinese and Latin American immigrants who came to North America to join in the California Gold Rush?
    b. Most were recruited into the U.S. Army to serve in the Mexican-American War.
    a. Many made their fortune and chose to stay in the US, where they were welcomed and made citizens.
    c. Most experienced racial and ethnic discrimination and were used as scapegoats for others' failures.
    d. Many instead decided to head to Idaho to become farmers.
    30s
  • Q9
    10. Based on the below excerpt and your knowledge from the unit, Lt. Col. William B. Travis was a(n) -
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    c. American army officer in charge of enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act in Texas.
    d. Mexican army officer fighting against the US.
    a. American army officer in charge of the Trail of Tears.
    b. Texas army officer at the Battle of the Alamo.
    30s
  • Q10
    11. What aspect of Manifest Destiny does the below quote illustrate?
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    b. American expansion into Mexican territory.
    c. The work of missionaries to convert indigenous peoples and free Blacks to Christianity.
    a. Displacement of indigenous tribes by European-Americans.
    d. The strong influence of the Canadian fur trade on the society and environment of the northern plains of the United States.
    30s
  • Q11
    12. The table below best describes -
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    c. Stephen F. Austin
    a. Andrew Jackson
    b. Sam Houston
    d. Davy Crockett
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  • Q12
    13. Which of the following aspects of living in a Mexican colony upset white American settlers?
    d. All of the above upset white settlers.
    c. A Mexican law outlawing slavery in 1829.
    b. The Spanish language.
    a. Dominance and influence of the Mexican Roman Catholic Church.
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  • Q13
    15. What was "The Lone Star Republic?"
    a. A Mexican colony controlled by Spain from 1820 - 1837.
    d. Texas, as an independent country from 1836 - 1846.
    b. A nickname for the United States during the era of Manifest Destiny.
    c. France, an important American ally and the first modern republic established in Europe.
    30s
  • Q14
    16. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
    c. Mexico recognized that Texas was part of the United States.
    b. Mexico agreed to accept the Rio Grande River as the southern border of Texas.
    d. Mexico gave up an area of land stretching from Texas to the Pacific Ocean.
    a. Mexico officially became independent from Spain but gave up all land rights in southern Florida and the Caribbean.
    30s
  • Q15
    17. California became a state in 1850. What problem did this cause?
    a. It entered the Union as a free state, upsetting the slave state/free state balance in Congress.
    b. All gold found in Gold Rush areas was now considered taxable by the U.S. government.
    c. Indigenous people in California revolted because they did not want to suffer persecution.
    d. Mexico still claimed California as their own territory, which led to the Mexican-American War.
    30s

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