#1
Which event prompted the United States to declare war on Mexico in 1846?
The annexation of Texas
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Gadsden Purchase
The Mexican-American War
#2
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of San Lorenzo
#3
Which country did the United States go to war with in 1812?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Mexico
#4
Which nation did the United States acquire Florida from in 1819?
Spain
France
Mexico
Great Britain
#5
Who led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory and reach the Pacific Ocean?
Lewis and Clark
Daniel Boone
John C. Frémont
Zebulon Pike
#6
Who was the U.S. President during the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
#7
What was the primary goal of the Monroe Doctrine?
To prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
To establish trade routes with Asia
To abolish slavery in the United States
To expand westward across the continent
#8
What was the outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?
Mexico ceded nearly half of its territory to the United States
The United States recognized Mexico's independence
Mexico agreed to pay reparations to the United States
The United States pledged military support to Mexico
#9
Which territory did the U.S. gain as a result of the Gadsden Purchase?
Parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico
California
Oregon
Texas
#10
Who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the United States?
William Seward
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Andrew Johnson
#11
Which U.S. president is associated with the concept of 'Manifest Destiny'?
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
#12
What was the purpose of the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819?
To define the border between the United States and Spanish Florida
To establish trade relations between the United States and France
To purchase land from Mexico
To annex Hawaii into the United States
#13
Which incident nearly led to war between the United States and Britain in the 1840s over the Maine-Canada border?
A border skirmish near Fort Sumter
The Aroostook War
The Battle of the Alamo
The Oregon Boundary Dispute
#14
Who was the U.S. Secretary of State responsible for negotiating the Treaty of Paris in 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War?
John Hay
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
#15
Who served as the U.S. Minister to France during the negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Robert Livingston
John Quincy Adams