1.Manifest Destiny refers to a complex belief in the role of the United States in the world. That belief holds that A.
white settlers came to America so that they could create a culture superior to that of Europe.

B.
the United States must be a model of the separation of church and state in a Jeffersonian democracy.

C.
by joining with Mexicans and Native Americans, white Americans can create a united superpower in North America.

D.
the United States has a divine calling to spread Protestant Christianity and democracy.

2.Which conflict did the Indian Removal Act incite among the Cherokee?

A.
Many Cherokee wanted to resist white customs, but some saw it as imperative to a peaceful relationship with Americans.

B.
Some Cherokee who didn’t want to fight for their land made a deal with the government, while those who stayed to fight were put in detention camps.

C.
Some Cherokee wanted to take their case against removal to the Supreme Court, while most wanted to just accept it and move to Oklahoma.

D.
Many Cherokee had converted to Protestant Christianity to avoid removal, and this caused a lot of tension among tribe members.

3. One prominent critic of Manifest Destiny was Henry Clay, a Whig, who argued that instead of westward expansion,

A.
the nation should focus on developing the territory that it already had with complex infrastructure.

B.
the United States should negotiate its border with Canada and try to annex territory from the British.

C.
farmers and settlers should be taught skills that allowed them to work in cities and factory towns.

D.
the government should invest in the military to secure borders against foreign powers.

4. The expansion of settlers into the Louisiana territory affected the foreign policy of the United States in regard to Mexico by

A.
starting a war between the Comanche and Apache.

B.
driving the Tejano north into U. S. territory.

C.
prompting negotiations for Mexican statehood.

D.
triggering a border conflict between the two.

5. In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U. S. Supreme Court’s decisions

A.
confirmed that President Jackson’s Removal Act conformed to the spirit of the Constitution.

B.
made it illegal for the federal government to interfere in state-level agreements over land acquisition.

C.
caused a constitutional crisis over the power of the federal government to negotiate treaties.

D.
were ignored by President Jackson, who preferred to continue with the removal of the Cherokee.