U3Ch2 study guide

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What does this image represent?

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Manifest Destiny

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Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to Part A? Options: the Native Americans fleeing, the angelic figure headed west, the new forms of transport technology shown, the heavy clouds and mountains in the background

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the angelic figure headed west

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After gaining its independence from Spain, the Mexican government ________.

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encouraged American settlers to move to Texas

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How did President James K. Polk provoke war with Mexico?

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He ordered U.S. troops to cross the Nueces River.

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Which of the following groups settled in the West to escape religious persecution? the Californios, the Exodusters, the Forty-Niners, the Mormons

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the Mormons

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Use the graph to answer the question.

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The discovery of gold in California quickly increased the territory’s population.

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Use the image to answer the question.

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the Pony Express

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What was the primary purpose of the Homestead Act?

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To encourage settlement by offering free land

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What was the main reason settlers moved westward in the 1800s?

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To find gold and other resources

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Which group was most negatively affected by the westward expansion of the United States?

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Native Americans