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“How Manifest Destiny led to the Mexican–American War” – American Studies: QUIZ Part 5

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Hi. This is my 5th quiz in the American Studies USA series. In this quiz, we examine how the Manifest Destiny belief (or philosophy) led to the Mexican–American War; and how it began defining those events that changed the face, size, shape, and future of the United States forever.

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  • Question of

    What was the name of the 19th century US belief or philosophy that: American settlers had a right to expand and settle across the North American continent?

    • The Frontier Wars
    • The Gold Rush Thinking
    • The Great Awakening
    • The Manifest Destiny
  • Question of

    In the earlier half of the 19th century, which US political party strongly favoured expansion and settlement by American settlers across the North American continent?

    • The Democrats
    • The Federalists
    • The Republicans
    • The Whigs
  • Question of

    At that time, which US political party rejected and disagreed with the expansion and settlement by American settlers across the North American continent?

    • The Democrats
    • The Federalists
    • The Republicans
    • The Whigs
  • Question of

    Around the 1840s, which one of the following famous US politicians strongly favoured the expansion of American settlers across the North American continent?

    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Henry Clay
    • James Monroe
    • James Polk
  • Question of

    What term was used in the mid-19th century to refer to US politicians who rejected the expansion of American settlers and wanted instead to build cities and factories; but not more rural farms?

    • Good Fellows
    • Modernizers
    • Northerners
    • Southerners
  • Question of

    In which year was the Republic of Texas annexed by the US from Mexico; whom had always considered Texas to be a part of Mexico due to its large numbers of Mexican settlers?

    • 1839
    • 1845
    • 1849
    • 1853
  • Question of

    Which American political party supported the idea that the US should fight the Mexican–American War?

    • The Democrats
    • The Federalists
    • The Republicans
    • The Whigs
  • Question of

    Which American political party opposed the idea that the US should fight the Mexican–American War?

    • The Democrats
    • The Federalists
    • The Republicans
    • The Whigs
  • Question of

    By what type of margin did the US Congress vote on when the US declared war on Mexico?

    • By an average margin.
    • By an overwhelming margin.
    • By a recounted margin.
    • By a very slight margin.
  • Question of

    Which one of the following people was a Modernizer in the Whigs Party and one of the harshest critics of the Mexican-American War?

    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Robert E. Lee
    • Ulysses S. Grant
    • Zachary Taylor
  • Question of

    At the start of the Mexican-American War; the US President and his supporters considered the War to be a fulfilment of the United States doctrine of what?

    • The Constitutional Rights
    • The Gold Rush
    • The Manifest Destiny
    • The Second Great Awakening
  • Question of

    Which American political party won the key US election of 1844, a few years before the Mexican–American War began?

    • The Democrats
    • The Federalists
    • The Republicans
    • The Whigs

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Written by Daniel Obiago

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  4. I am no expert on the detailed ins and out of this phase of American history, but I have long believed that the notion of “manifest destiny” was highly immoral, given that it gave virtually no thought to the interests of anyone other than settlers of European origin. Coupled to the assumption that they had a right to occupy all the land they wanted was an underlying belief that they were inherently more worthy human beings than those who had occupied the place since long before they did. The “chosen people” syndrome – which is what “manifest destiny” means – has always been misguided and just plain wrong, whoever claims it.