Manifest Destiny

Vocabulary word that means to add on.

• Annex
• Cede
• Manifest Destiny
• Secede

Which of the following was NOT a major reason for why so many died on the trails heading WEST?

• Indian raids
• Disease
• Accidents
• River crossings

In what year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?

• 1903
• 1812
• 1848
• 1803

What President was the biggest supporter of Manifest Destiny?

• James K. Polk
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Monroe
• George Washington

What year did the most miners rush to California?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1852
• 1853

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest Destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United  States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present­ day states.
What are the lands Mexico ceded to the United States called?

• California
• Utah
• Texas
• Mexican Cession

Who were the Mormons?

• 1848 miners when gold was found in California
• name given to members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
• Mexican General
• created by Congress in 1848 as an area that included present day Oregon

Oregon Trail 

• a route used during the US migration westward
• a person who went to California for the gold rush
• a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
• a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

• obey the Book of Mormon
• prosper in the fur trade
• seek out religious freedom
• gold