Unit 7: Migration Westward

Which of the following correctly describes what settlers traveling west along the California Trail in the 1840's were hoping to find once they reached California?

• Farmland and coal

• Oil and coal

• Farmland and gold

• Oil and gold

Great Plains : Cheap Land :: California : _______________

• religion

• industry

• gold

• big cities

The southernmost parts of Arizona and New Mexico were added to the United States as a result of the -

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

Which idea was most likely supported by the artist of the painting above?

• Women's Rights

• Manifest Destiny

• Freedom of Religion

• Citizenship for American Indians

Those that supported the idea of Manifest Destiny believed that the United States should -

• stretch from ocean to ocean

• spread democracy overseas

• pay settlers to live on the plains

• give land to American Indian tribs

The concept of Manifest Destiny was used to justify the actions of the United States in which of the following conflicts?

• The US-Mexican War

• The Spanish-American War

• The War of 1812

• The Revolutionary War

Annexation

Cession

Compromise

What do theses three words have in common?

• They are all three ways the U.S. acquired land during the era of Manifest Destiny

• They are all three inventions of the Industrial Revolution

• They are all three steps Texas took to gain its idependence

• They are all three means of communication

In the 1800's, which of the following was true for the majority of immigrants who moved to the U.S.?

• Most came to find religious freedom

• Many found factory jobs in the North

• Most left the nation after a short time

• Many found agricultural jobs in the South

Workers dig into the earth's surface. They bring out valuable metals. They land is being used for -

• building

• farming

• mining

• lumbering

Based on the map, in which direction would people travel leaving Missouri on the Oregon Trail?

• Northeast

• Southwest

• Northwest

• Southeast