Westward Expansion

The Northwest Ordinance is important because it

• Set up rules for the creation of ordinances.
• Set up the rules for statehood.
• Created the city ordinances. 
• Was a failure of the Articles of Confederation.

Chinese immigrants came to the United States to

• Work on US mines and railroad construction 
• Escape religious persecution.
• Escape a potato famine. 
• Buy cheap land. 

Irish immigrants came to the US to

• Escape religious persecution. 
• Work in US mines and railroads.
• Escape a potato famine.
• Escape overpopulation and lack of jobs. 

Manifest Destiny brought __________________ to the people of the west.

• Technology, education and transportation
• Technology, food and clothing

The Mormon Trail led to

• California
• Oregon
• Utah
• Texas

Mormons migrated west to

• escape a potato famine.
• find more jobs.
• escape religious tolerance.
• escape religious persecution. 

The Mexican American War was sparked by

• the US demands for California.
• American soldiers stationed at the Rio Grande. 
• US offer to purchase the Gadsden Purchase.
• the US announcement of Manifest Destiny.

The discovery of gold led to rapid California statehood. 

• True
• False

What was the purpose of the Gadsden Purchase?

• Gaining the land necessary to build a canal connecting the Mexican Cession to the rest of the US

• Gaining the land necessary to build a rail line connecting the Mexican Cession to the rest of the US

• Gaining the land necessary to build a road connecting the Mexican Cession to the rest of the US

• Gaining the land necessary to build a bridge connecting the Mexican Cession to the rest of the US

Which of the following presidents was fully dedicated to the mission of Manifest Destiny?

• Washington

• Adams

• Polk

• Johnson