Manifest Destiny

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.

Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?

• Treaty of Paris
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Treaty of Jefferson
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

• It led to war. 
• It doubled the nation's size.
• It limited trade opportunities.
• It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

Utah was mostly settled by what group of people?

• Mormons
• Christians
• Native Americans
• Mountain men and fur trappers

What year did the most miners rush to California?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1852
• 1853

What year did the most miners rush to California?

• 1848
• 1849
• 1852
• 1853