Manifest Destiny Expansion Video Lesson

Westward Expansion Video Lesson

By Karen Gilson

Multiple Choice

By 1830 what was the population of Texas comprised of?

• more Americans lived in Texas than Mexicans

• half Mexican and half American

• 1/3 Mexican

  1/3 American

  1/3 Spanish

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Who was the dictator of Mexico at the time?

• Guadalupe Hildago

• Santa Anna

Multiple Choice

The defenders of the Alamo held off the Mexican Army for how many days?

• 3 days

• 13 days

• 23 days

• 30 days

Multiple Choice

What happened at Goliad?

• Santa Anna orders the execution of 300 Texan soldiers

• Santa Anna surrenders

• Sam Houstan executes more than 200 Mexican soldiers

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Multiple Choice

What are three things that were pulling people West in the early 1840s?

• War of 1812

  Slavery

  Canals

• Lewis and Clark

  Manifest Destiny

  Panic of 1837

• Industrial Revolution, Missouri Compromise, War of 1812

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How many wagons and people were in the Great Emigration of 1843?

• 100 wagons

  900+ people

• 120 wagons

  1000+ people

• 250 wagons

  1500+ people

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How much did a covered wagon cost in the 1840s?

• $25

• $250

• $2500

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Why did the pioneers give Independence Rock its name?

• because they carved their names on it

• it was the half way point

• you need to reach it by Independence Day, July 4 to complete your journey in time

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What was the main dispute with Mexico after Texas gained independence?

• where the border was located

• if Texas would be a free or slave state

• who Texans would pay taxes to

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How does President Polk provoke a war with Mexico?

• kills Santa Anna

• sends General Zachary Taylor with an army into land Mexico claimed

• captures Mexico City

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The U.S. had many well-trained soldiers in the war, many coming from what military school?

• West Point

• Anapolis

• Colorado Springs

Multiple Choice

How much did the U.S. pay for the Mexican Cession territories?

• $1,000,000

• $10,000,000

• $15,000,000

Multiple Choice

True or False: Gold was discovered in California before the end of the Mexican-American War.

• True, gold was discovered about a week before the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago was signed.

• False, gold was discovered the year after the war ended.

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What was hydraulic mining?

• digging into the ground with steam shovels

• blasting away the earth with high powered water hoses

• jacking up rocks with hydraulic lifts to find the gold undernea

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True or False: The California Gold Rush only pulled Americans to California.

• True, no immigrants were allowed into California.

• False, 20 percent of the people who came to California were not from the United States.

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Who really got rich from the California Gold Rush?

• people panning for gold

• those using hydraulic mining

• the merchants who provided goods and services to the 100,000 plus people

• the government who taxed the gold found

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What did the Gold Rush really provide for California?

• Billions of dollars in income from gold made California the country's richest states

• most of the people who came looking for gold stayed and California was able to apply for statehood very quickly