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Why was land so essential to Jefferson's vision of the republic?

All of these choices

All of the following happened as a result of the discovery of gold in California, except

As new settlers, migrants to California formed diplomatic relationships with Native Americans.

All of the following are true about President George Washington, except

At the time, he thought little of the fact that he had no contemporary role models.

What did Polk hope to get from provoking a war with Mexico?

Control of much of Mexico's territory throughout the Southwest

Why is Jackson's rise to the presidency labeled "the age of the common man"?

He reached out to the masses, including the working class and frontiersmen.

Which of these was not a consequence of continued American westward expansion?

Religious tolerance and freedom in the areas of expansion increased.

Texas won its independence from Mexico at the Battle of

San Jacinto

What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

The U.S. acquired Utah, Nevada, California and parts of Arizona and New Mexico for $15 million.

Which of the following best describes John Adams' concept of "mixed government"?

The powers of government were separated into the legislative, executive, and judiciary branch.

Which of these is not a part of the Bill of Rights?

The right of males to vote if they paid taxes

The Federalist Papers were

a series of essays written by three prominent advocates of the new constitution that sought to gain support for its ratification in New York State.

In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, the U.S. government

agreed to pay cash restitution to the Plains tribes for disruptions to the buffalo grounds.

The Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison is significant for establishing the doctrine of

judicial review.

During the 1840s, it became apparent that

many American voters strongly supported the idea of expansion.

Individuals such as Josiah Strong believed that America had a moral duty to

take Christianity to those who had never heard of it

It could most accurately be stated of the Articles of Confederation that

the central government under the Articles had very little power.

In his famous 1893 essay, historian Frederick Jackson Turner bemoaned the loss of a frontier in America, because he believed that

the frontier had played a vital role in shaping America's national character, and the country would need a new frontier to ensure its democracy lived on.

As Americans relentlessly moved westward across the continent:

the frontier kept alive the democratic promise of making it on their own.

Manifest destiny

was the idea that America was destined by God to possess North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific.


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