How did the idea of Manifest Destiny help shape American society during the 1830s and 1840s?
What will be an ideal response?
Students will note the origins of Manifest Destiny in the original Puritan view of their mission in America. Better students will also tie Manifest Destiny to the Jeffersonian ideal of yeoman farmers. Still others will see the ties between Manifest Destiny and the Second Great Awakening and see a moral imperative in westward expansion to spread American institutions across the continent. As to the concrete effects, students should be able to describe the dispute over Oregon, the Texas Revolution, Polk's 1844 campaign and the Mexican-American War as some of the more obvious results of the belief in Manifest Destiny.
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Each of the following philosophical principles influenced the colonial uprisings EXCEPT
a. John Locke's theory that property guaranteed liberty.
b. the Opposition's theory that the people of England were not watching their leaders closely enough.
c. the Country party's theory that power held by a few men inevitably led to corruption.
d. Adam Smith's theory of the invisible hand.
Although a participant at the Berlin conference, Portugal was thwarted in its attempts to connect its colonies in Angola and ___________.
a. Malawi. b. Kenya. c. Gabon. d. Mozambique.
Which of the following did NOT occur as part of the Stamp Act crisis?
A) Patrick Henry denounced British taxation with his Virginia Resolves. B) A Stamp Act Congress drew together colonial leaders from different regions. C) Resistance drew many into political action that included street violence. D) Massachusetts reacted so bitterly that the British imposed the Coercive Acts. E) Colonial women began to take a greater role in politics.
As suggested in our lectures,, children born in indian and pakistani families in the usa label themselves as abcd. which one of the following best describes the crisis of these children
a. religious crisis b. economic crisis c. cultural crisis d. identity crisis