unit 5 us history questions

President Thomas Jefferson supported the Louisiana Purchase primarily because it

 ensured U.S. access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans

Critics of the Louisiana Purchase argued that

it violated the Constitution due to a lack of explicit presidential authority

 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was justified by supporters as a policy that would

protect Native Americans from white settlers

The Trail of Tears best illustrates

 the human cost of westward expansion

The massacre at Wounded Knee (1890) symbolized

 the final collapse of armed Native resistance on the Plains

Manifest Destiny most directly reflected the belief that

Americans were divinely destined to expand westward

Which group benefited most economically from westward expansion?

. Railroad companies

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis argued that

American democracy developed because of frontier conditions

The Monroe Doctrine (1823) declared that

 the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization

 Initially, the Monroe Doctrine was effective primarily because

Great Britain supported it with naval power

The Mexican-American War was caused in part by

 unresolved border disputes after Texas annexation

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo resulted in

the U.S. acquiring large southwestern territories

 The annexation of new territories in the mid-1800s intensified sectional conflict because it

raised questions about the expansion of slavery

Late 19th-century American imperialism was driven largely by

economic markets and global competition

The annexation of Hawaii in 1898 was largely driven by the United States’ desire to

secure economic interests and a strategic naval base at Pearl Harbor

One major result of the Spanish-American War was

 the annexation of overseas territories

 The Roosevelt Corollary (1904) asserted that the United States

 could intervene in Latin American nations to maintain stability

. The Roosevelt Corollary marked a shift toward

interventionist foreign policy

An isolationist foreign policy is best defined as one that

avoids political and military involvement abroad

Collective security differs from unilateral intervention because it

 emphasizes cooperation among multiple nations