Transcript U.S. History Warm Up #26

History Warm-Ups Week # 26
Dates : Mar. 18-22
Monday:
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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Friday:
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History Warm-Ups Week #26
Monday:
‘Other nations have tried to check… the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the
continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.’
-- John Louis O’Sullivan, 1845
From this quote you could infer:
1. Those who believed in Manifest Destiny felt that the United States should -A. abolish slavery
B. establish an alliance with Mexico
C. return the Louisiana Purchase to France
D. expand to the Pacific Ocean
2. Put the following events in the correct order of their occurrence in American History:
- Early Republic - Civil War - Colonial Era - Jacksonian Democracy
Answer: ____________, _______________, _____________, _____________
Tuesday:
3. The concept of Manifest Destiny aided the westward expansion of the
United States by-A. Funding the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.
B. Passing legislation that made settlement easier.
C. Popularizing the idea that Americans were meant to take over the continent.
D. Establishing the Articles of Confederation to help settlers.
4. Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?
A. The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast
B. A slave on a southern plantation
C. A Native American
D. A farmer wanting to obtain new land
Wednesday:
5. Which of these American leaders is NOT correctly identified with his major
contribution to the United States?
A. Thomas Jefferson – Louisiana Purchase
B. James Monroe – Statement to Europe to stay out of the Americas
C. Henry Clay – Missouri Compromise
D. William Henry Harrison – U.S. President to annex Texas
6. The religious group known as the Mormons helped to settle the area that eventually
became the state of -A. California
B. Oregon
C. Ohio
D. Utah
Thursday:
7. The discovery of what natural resource in California in 1848 and 1849
caused rapid population growth in the region?
A. Gold
B. Silver
C. Copper
D. Iron
8. The United States acquired the present-day states of California, Arizona,
and New Mexico for Mexico as a result of the -A. Adams – Onis Treaty
B. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
C. Louisiana Purchase
D. Gadsden Purchase
Friday:
9. What best explains why slavery had nearly disappeared in the
North before the Civil War?
A. Slave rebellions had forced an end to slavery in the North
B. Slavery did not fit the economic interests of the North
C. The Constitution required the end of slavery in the North by 1850.
D. Slave ownership was too expensive for Northern farmers.
10. What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in
1845, and the US – Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
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They all brought about a war with Spain.
They all increased the territory of the United States.
They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.