US History Manifest Destiny Advanced Test 1

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Question 1

Which of the following best defines the Mormon Battalion?

A) 1846 soldier march

B) Deserters

C) Guards

D) Scouts

Question 2

Which of these did it claim?

A) Isolation duty

B) Divine continental right

C) Free trade

D) Abolition call

Question 3

What was Mountain Meadows?

A) Battle

B) Treaty

C) 1857 massacre

D) Parade

Question 4

Where did Oregon Trail end?

A) Denver

B) Salt Lake

C) Sacramento

D) Willamette Valley

Question 5

What was Polk's platform?

A) 54-40 Texas Oregon

B) Free silver

C) High tariffs

D) No expansion

Question 6

What best defines the Donner Party?

A) Gold miners

B) 1846 trapped migrants

C) Rail crew

D) Army unit

Question 7

Which of the following best defines the Free Soil Party?

A) Proslavery

B) Gold seekers

C) 1848 no-expansion

D) Rail builders

Question 8

Identify William Walker.

A) General

B) Senator

C) Admiral

D) Filibuster executed 1860

Question 9

What best defines the Mormon Battalion?

A) 1846 soldier march

B) Deserters

C) Guards

D) Scouts

Question 10

Which of these did US gain?

A) Texas only

B) Southwest plus California

C) Baja

D) Cuba

Question 11

Provide the definition of the Compromise of 1850:

A) War declaration

B) Secession pact

C) Package settling spoils

D) Trade deal

Question 12

Which term means "Oregon boundary demand"?

A) Polk's platform

B) Bear Flag revolt

C) the Gadsden Purchase

D) 54-40

Question 13

When was Manifest Destiny peak?

A) 1840s

B) 1820s

C) 1860s

D) 1900s

Question 14

What did it claim?

A) Isolation duty

B) Divine continental right

C) Free trade

D) Abolition call

Question 15

What did 1850 give South?

A) Free Kansas

B) No Texas pay

C) Fugitive law

D) DC freedom

Question 16

Which of the following best defines the Utah War?

A) Massacre

B) Battle

C) Treaty

D) 1857 standoff

Question 17

What did US gain?

A) Southwest plus California

B) Texas only

C) Baja

D) Cuba

Question 18

Name the person who coined the phrase.

A) Polk

B) John O'Sullivan

C) Clay

D) Webster

Question 19

Which person led Mormons?

A) Joseph Smith

B) Heber Kimball

C) Brigham Young

D) Wilford Woodruff

Question 20

Which person pushed popular sovereignty?

A) Taylor

B) Clay

C) Webster

D) Lewis Cass

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