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Study Guide #6
1) Define Manifest Destiny and ID the person who coined the phrase.
2) What were two reasons and two segments of society that felt Manifest Destiny was
useful “in its own right?”
3) When and how did the US acquire the Louisiana Purchase, Florida, and the Mexican
Cession?
4) Who were the War Hawks and what were two of their goals?
5) ID two positive and negative consequences of the War of 1812
6) Identify the Monroe Doctrine and why the US Passed it.
7) What were two reasons southerners moved to Texas and two reasons “Texicans”
rebelled against Mexican rule?
8) What parts of the US were acquired during Polk’s presidency?
9) How did the Mexican-American War begin?
10) What treaty ended the Mex/Am War and ID two provisions of the treaty.