Westward Expansion

Which best describes the impact of Manifest Destiny on the United States?

• Native American Indians regained their western homelands.

• The borders of the United States expanded westward.

• Americans battled Canadians for control of Oregon.

• The state of Texas became a British colony.

How did early pioneers travel westward in the early 1800’s?

• by using airplanes to speed their travel times

• by riding on Transcontinental Railroad using steam powered trains

• by taking steamboats up the Mississippi River and through the Erie Canal

• by following trails like the Trail to Santa Fe and the Oregon Trail

What impact did the railroad have on the economy of the United States in the mid-1800s?

• Movement of people and goods became much faster.

• Traveling through certain areas became dangerous.

• The cost of shipping goods increased dramatically.

• Railroads could not cross large rivers or mountain ranges.

What was found out West that led to large migration to California in 1849?

• Oil

• Silver

• Gold

• Copper

What idea that stated “God” wanted “America to stretch from sea to shining sea”, from the East coast to the West Coast, was called…

• Manifest Determination

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• Popular Sovereignty

In what war did the United States gain the land in the West, which included California, for $15 million dollars?

• War of 1812

• Civil War

• Revolution

• Mexican American War

What battle did 183 volunteer Texians die in the iron fist of General Santa Anna when they refused to surrender? This becomes the battle cry for the war.

• Battle at the Alamo

• Battle of Gonzales

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Battle at San Francisco

What started the Mexican-American War in 1845?

• Mexico is attacking our trade ships going between the U.S. and Europe

• Americans attack Mexico after they invade Louisiana

• Texas is annexed into the United States causing a border dispute

• Britain pays Mexico to attack our settlers on the Oregon Trail

What is NOT one effect of the Gold Rush on California?

• California’s population grows LARGER

• California’s population grows SMALLER

• California’s population grows MORE diverse

• California DOES becomes a state in the United States

What animal was driven nearly to extinction due to Westward Expansion?

• Bison/Buffalo

• Beaver

• Horses

• Deer