Settling the West

Question 1

What is the woman marching across the Plains supposed to represent?

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The US

Question 2

In the painting, why is the right side lighter than the left side?

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The right side represents the civilization found in the US.

Question 3

Which of the following were important aspects of Manifest Destiny?Check any of the boxes that apply.

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The nation should expand west.; Christianity should be spread.; Expansion was inevitable and right.

Question 4

Where does Kellogg think the cholera came from?

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from drinking water

Question 5

What assumption does this quote show existed long before 1845?

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Colonies would spread across the continent.

Question 6

Whose “manifest destiny” is O’Sullivan referring to in the quotation?

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the people of the United States

Question 7

Which consequences resulted from pursuing a policy of expansion? Check all that apply.

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the threat of war with Britain; the threat of war with Mexico; the driving of Indigenous peoples from their lands

Question 8

James Polk used the slogan “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!” in his 1844 campaign.The slogan referred to

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the annexation of the Oregon Country.

Question 9

What did Indigenous peoples trade in return for manufactured goods?

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furs and other resources

Question 10

What did James Polk think about Manifest Destiny and US expansion?

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He was a strong supporter of US expansion.

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