CHAPTER ELEVEN
“TO OVERSPREAD THE CONTINENT”: WESTWARD
EXPANSION AND POLITICAL CONFLICT, 1840–1848
Multiple Choice
1. Manifest Destiny was the doctrine that
A) God intended the United States to extend westward to the Pacific.
B) Indians that refused to assimilate should be exterminated.
C) the United States was and should be a Christian nation.
D) Americans had a duty to leave the comforts of the East to tame the West.
E) the United States should become the most powerful nation in the Americas.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 318
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
2. Midwestern tribes from what territory were forced to relocate to the Indian Territory after their defeat in the Black Hawk War of 1832?
A) Kansas
B) Oklahoma
C) Iowa
D) Nebraska
E) Utah
Answer: C
Page Ref: 322
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
3. Which tribe successfully resisted removal through the 1830s?
A) the Cherokee who had already relocated in the West
B) the various tribes in the “middle ground”
C) the Seminole in Florida
D) the Sauk in Iowa
E) the Fox in Iowa
Answer: C
Page Ref: 322
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
4. What was the Overland Trail?
A) the only possible route across the Rocky Mountains
B) the main route West
C) the route the Mormons took to their ultimate home
D) the route taken by pioneers who could not afford passage by sea
E) the route taken by Indians forced to relocate
Answer: B
Page Ref: 320
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
5. What did the doctrine of “consecration and stewardship” require of Mormons?
A) that they practice polygamy
B) that they deed their property to the church
C) that they follow their leaders wherever they might migrate
D) that they build a glorious temple for worship
E) that they isolate themselves from the dominant culture
Answer: B
Page Ref: 322
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
6. Where did the Mormons ultimately settle?
A) Ohio and Missouri
B) New York
C) Illinois
D) Utah
E) Nevada
Answer: D
Page Ref: 322
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
7. Who was Brigham Young?
A) the first white explorer of the Salt Lake Valley
B) the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
C) Joseph Smith’s successor as leader of the Mormons
D) the theologian who introduced polygamy to the Mormons
E) the mayor who welcomed the Mormons to Nauvoo, Illinois
Answer: C
Page Ref: 324
Skill: Factual
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Changing Visions of the West
8. What encouraged President Taylor to secure the annexation of Texas?
A) the support of most Texans for joining the Union
B) James K. Polk’s victory in the 1844 election
C) the postponement of the decision whether Texas would be a slave state
D) Americans’ overwhelming support for expansion despite their differences over slavery
E) the growing population and economic importance of the South
Answer: B
Page Ref: 328
Skill: Conceptual
Topic: American Expansionism into the Southwest
9. What practice did American settlers bring to Texas that was illegal in Mexico by 1829?
A) slavery
B) Protestant worship
C) intermarriage with Indians
D) land speculation
E) polygamy
Answer: A
Page Ref: 326
Skill: Factual
Topic: American Expansionism into the Southwest
10. Tejanos was the term for
A) settlers in Texas who wished to join the United States.
B) Indians of the southwestern tribes.
C) American settlers in Texas.
D) settlers in Texas who adopted Catholicism and Spanish.
E) Hispanic Texans.
Answer: E
Page Ref: 325
Skill: Factual
Topic: American Expansionism into the Southwest
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