Manifest Destiny (Chapter 7)

By the 1840's, travelers moving in wagon trains along the trails to the West were known as what? (page 256)

• mountain men
• squatters
• Tejanos
• overlanders

In 1834 what did Mexico do to the missions, which brought them under civil control? (page 261)

• ceded them
• annexed them
• secularized them
• expanded them

Under the National Colonization Act, Mexico gave large grants of Texas land to whom? (page 264)

• empresarios
• mestizos
• Tejanos
• vaqueros

As a result of its war with the United States, Mexico was forced to do which of the folloting with land that would become the American Southwest? (page 275)

• annex
• cede
• sell
• conquer

What does the term "Manifest Destiny" describe? (page 254)

• the idea that Protestantism should be the official religion of the United States
• the idea that European nations have no rights to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere
• the idea that Native Americans should be allowed to retain all their original lands
• the idea that God wants the United States to control all of North America

Which group left the United States to establish a settlement in the West they called Deseret? (page 257)

• empresarios
• Mormons
• mountain men
• Seminoles

In the early 1800s, California society was dominated by which group? (page 262)

• vaqueros
• mestizos
• empresarios
• rancheros

In 1821 William Becknell arrived in New Mexico and opened up trade by doing which of the following? (page 263)

• starting the first American department store
• establishing the Santa Fe Trail
• leading a revolt against Mexico
• building a railroad line from Missouri

What was the result of the Battle of San Jacinto? (page 269)

• The Cherokee were forced to leave the Southeast.
• California became an independent republic.
• The Mormons were forced to leave Ohio.
• Texas became an independent republic.

Which statement best completes the above diagram? (page 264)

• Emigrants were required to remain in Mexico and never return to the United States.

• Emigrants were required to convert to the Jewish faith.

• Emigrants were required to sign an oath of allegiance to President Santa Anna.

• Emigrants were required to convert to the Roman Catholic faith.