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Duplicate of Manifest Destiny: Mexican-American War, Oregon Territory, & California Gold Rush
Duplicate of Manifest Destiny: Mexican-American War, Oregon Territory, & California Gold Rush
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A quiz about #manifestdestiny #mexicanamericanwar #oregonterritory #thealamo
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1
Which group of 49ers were taxed extra due to being non-citizens?
Brock Purdy and his O Line
Chinese immigrants
Irish immigrants
Mexicanos
2
What was the message of John Gast's painting?
Americans wanted Florida
Americans were moving back to the east
Americans wanted to live where it was darker
Americans expanding knowledge and technology westward
3
What made fighting in Florida extra difficult?
The terrifying LPA Wolves
Traffic on I 95
Too many traffic lights
Tough terrain, ants, bugs, snakes, inpassable forests, mosquitos, gators
4
Which one was a general in the Mexican-American War on Mexico's side?
Stephen Austin
Zachary Taylor
Sam Houston
Santa Ana
5
What was the "battle cry" to threaten the British to get out of Oregon?
Remember the Alamo
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes
54° 40' or Fight
No taxation without representation
6
This Mexican general & president drove into Texas to confront rebellious Texan Americans?
Cortez
Montezuma
Diaz
Santa Anna
7
What peace treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Tricko Treaty
8
What were people who flocked to California in search of riches called?
The Dodgers
The 49ers
The Seahawks
The Lakers
9
What did the U.S. do when Polk said that Mexico shed American blood on American Soil?
Threatened the Mexicans to leave us alone
Filed a complaint with the UN
Went to war with Mexico to obtain wanted territory
Went to war in the Carribean
10
This battle in which 180 Texans held out for 13 days became a rallying cry for Texas rebels?
The Battle of Vera Cruz
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of Gettysburg
11
When Texas joined the U.S. in 1846, it was called....
annexation
expansion
cession
relocation
12
What was one of the first resources that people competed for in Oregon?
Timber
Beaver Furs
Manufactured Goods
Apples
13
When the US challenged Spain over Florida, what did Spain do?
The US backed down
They gave it to Mexico
They refused to talk
They Ceded FL to the US
14
Who provided techiques for farming and mining in the Mexican Cession land?
The Federalists
The Mexicanos
The Mormons
The Seminoles
15
Why were some politicians like Charles Sumner against annexing Texas?
Felt it would be used to expand slavery to the West
They did not want to upset Mexico
They thought it was worthless desert
They worried about the Native Americans who lived there
16
What does Manifest Destiny mean?
Idea that America should only be based on farming
Idea that America should stop the spread of slavery
Idea that American settlers would expand from coast to coast
The idea that the Americans should defeat any nation
17
What president is most associated with Manifest Destiny?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
James K. Polk
18
What land did the U.S. get in the Adams Onis Treaty?
The Outer Banks
California
New Orleans
Florida
19
Who fought with the Seminoles against US troops to avoid slavery
Black Seminoles
the French
Mexicanos
the British
20
What was NOT part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The Oregon Territory became part of the U.S.
America paid Mexico $15 million
Mexico ceded a massive amount of land including California
Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as the border of Texas
21
The land aquired by the U. S. after the Mexican American War was called the...
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Oregon Territory
Gadsden Purchase
22
Why was Tallahassee chosen to be the Capitol of Florida?
It is where FSU is located
It was an important Business Center
It was less hot further north
It was the midway point of the former capitols of Pensacola and St. Aug
23
Which Document said that Texas would now be free of Mexico's rule?
Adams Onis Treaty
Declaration of Sentiments
Texas Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
24
In 1821 Mexico gained its independence from?
Spain
Portugal
The United States
Great Britain
25
Who provided sucessful ranching, mining, and irrigation techniques in the Mexican Cession lands?
Seminoles
Mexicanos
Free Masons
Texans
26
Adams-Onis Treaty added.....
CA
FL
TX
OR
27
What was
NOT
a destination known for Manifest Destiny?
Oregon
Canada
California
Texas
28
What people worked as miners in CA and paid tax as non-citizen's
Brazilian immigrants
Russian immigrants
Seminoles
Chinese immigrants
29
Who was offered citizenship in the newly aquired Mexican Cession land?
Germans
Japanese
Mexicanos
Irish
30
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823 said that the Seminoles had to...
leave Florida within three years.
leave north Florida and move to central Florida.
move to the Everglades.
stop fighting with the Spanish.
31
What does "annex" mean?
The section of a building
To add land into a nation
To steal someone else's property
To revolt or rebel
32
adding Texas or other states to America would cause conflict between free and slave states because __
Texas would not pay taxes
German farmers would attack other farmers
Texas would increase the power of slave states in Congress.
it would upset the balance of free and slave states
33
Which treaty relocated the Seminoles down to Central FL?
Guadalupe
Adams Onis
Hidalgo
Moultrie Creek
34
What was the name of Texas after they achieved independence?
The Bear Flag Republic
The Texas Republic
The Rio Grande
The Lone Star Republic
35
What route did settlers take to the Northwest corner of the America?
The Oregon Trail
The National Road
The Santa Fe Trail
The Cumberland Gap
36
What person was sent to explore the Rocky Mountains that eventually would be part of the U.S.?
Meriweather Lewis
Mr. Ryan
William Clark
Zebulon Pike
37
What big event is
NOT
associated with Manifest Destiny
Annexation of Texas
Mexican-American War
The Force Act
Oregon Territory Dispute
38
What was discovered in California in 1848 leading to a large population growth?
Silver
Gold
Oil
The Grand Canyon
39
The last bit of acquired land needed for a southern railroad was....
Gadsden Purchase
Grocery Purchase
Louisianna Purchase
Pointo Purchase
40
What was gained for America in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
FL, AL, MS
WA, OR, ID
AK, HI,
NM, AZ, CA, NV,UT, CO
41
Free blacks could find safety in ___________ located in NE Florida.
Tallahasse
Fort Mose
Fort Matnazas
Liberty Pines Academy
42
The treaty solving Oregon's territory was settled at what line of latitude?
50th
49th
54 40
0, the equatory
