THE CONCEPT, IDEOLOGIES AND JUSTIFICATION OF MANIFEST DESTINY

1. Which of the following persons did the most to encourage the American policies of
Manifest Destiny and Continentalism?
(A) Thomas Madison
(B) John OSullivan
(C) John Quincy Adams
(D) Andrew Jackson
Item 2 refers to the statement below.
The Americans wasted no time as soon as they were declared a new republic,
movement began to the west and south. But conflict was on the horizon.
2. Which of the following were conflicts faced by the United States during her period of
expansion up to the 1800s?
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Conflicts with the Native Amerindians

Conflicts between the southern and northern states
Conflicts with Britain for land behind the Mississippi Valley
Conflicts with Spain for Louisiana and Florida

(A) I and II only

(B) I, II and III only
(C) II, III and IV only
(D) I, II, III and IV
3. All of the following were justification for the westward expansion of the United States
during the 19th Century EXCEPT
(A) The United States had a divine right as Anglo-Saxons to expand
(B) Land was needed for industrial and economic growth
(C) The United States acquired rights to the west after the American Revolution
(D) The land was not being developed by the Native Amerindians
Item 4 refers to the extract below.
Our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of our continent
which providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of
liberty John OSullivan (1845)
4. Based on the extract, the MAIN aim of US expansion was to

(A) Protect weak, dependent and poor countries

(B) Protect the United States from foreign threats
(C) To spread democracy and republicanism
(D) To fulfil the divine destiny of the United States
5. The southern states of the United States were interested in expansion in the early 19th
Century MAINLY because
(A) Land was required for the expansion of the cotton industry
(B) Land increased the influenced of the South in the US Senate
(C) Land would expand and extend slavery in the South
(D) Land was needed to expand the railway and telegram services
6. Which of the following was the MAIN effect of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803?
(A) It increased the industrial growth of the United States
(B) It reduced tension between France and the United States
(C) It stimulated greater expansion to the west and south
(D) It reduced the influence of European nations in North America
7. All of the following territories were acquired through purchase by the United States
EXCEPT
(A) Oregon
(B) Alaska
(C) Louisiana
(D) Florida
8. All of the following were directly caused by the ambitions of US expansionists EXCEPT
(A) The Spanish American War (1898)
(B) The Mexican American War (1846)
(C) The American Civil War (1861-65)
(D) The British American War (1812)

9. Religion was used to justify the age of manifest destiny because

(A) The United States encouraged religious tolerance through expansion
(B) The Americans believed they were the chosen people of God
(C) American churches promoted Christian values and doctrines through expansion
(D) Land was needed for the creation of new churches and chapels

Item 10 and 11 refers to the map below.

A map depicting the US expansion in the 1800s

10. The United States acquired the lands that are darkened in the map through
(A) purchases from France and Britain
(B) negotiations with the Native Amerindians
(C) military conquest from the Mexicans
(D) settlements and prescription
11. The MAIN inference from the above map is that
(A) The expansion of the United States was focused on the South
(B) The United States had reached the Pacific Ocean
(C) The United States had fulfilled its Manifest Destiny
(D) The United States owned most of land in North America

12. The phrase by military conquest, treaty and purchase is associated with
(A) The expansion of industrial and economic growth in the United States
(B) The relationship between the southern and northern states in the United States
(C) The methods used to expand the borders of the United States
(D) The policies developed to protect the sovereignty of the United States
13. The Manifest Destiny was more concerned with
(A) The abolition of slavery in the United States
(B) The development of industries in the United States
(C) The spread of democracy
(D) The territorial expansion of the United States
14. Which of the following was the most prominent issue in US politics caused by the
acquisition of land up to the 1850s?
(A) The voting rights of southern and northern states
(B) The abolition of slavery in the southern states
(C) The nationalization of new industries
(D) The sovereignty of the Native Amerindians