Ch. 13 Review Game

What is a correct definition for what Manifest Destiny is?

• An era where the United States told European countries to stay out of North and South America

• The belief that the United States had the right to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

• A period of time in which immigration increased in the large cities on the east coast

• The belief that the United States should stay out of other country's conflicts and be isolationists

John Q. Adams helped negotiate an agreement that said both the U.S. and Britain could live in what territory?

• New Mexico Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• Texas

• Oregon Territory

Why were states like Florida and Texas denied statehood at first?

• They didn't have enough people living in the territory at the time

• They would make the number of free and slave states unbalanced

• All those territories belonged to other countries at the time

• They didn't have enough natural resources

Why did fighting start in the Mexican-American War?

• Texas fought Santa Anna at the Alamo

• Santa Anna was captured in San Jacinto

• Texans decided to break away from Mexico and form their own government

• Polk refused to buy the New Mexico and California Territories

Who won the Mexican-American War and what did they get in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Mexico won and they received 15 million dollars

• U.S. won and we received the California territory, New Mexico Territory, and Rio Grande as the border of Texas

• U.S. won and we received 15 million dollars and 3.25 million dollars of Mexico's debt

• Mexico won and they kept the territories of California and New Mexico but lost Texas

Who led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake?

• Joseph Smith

• John Sutter

• Levi Strauss

• Brigham Young

Which people made huge profits during the gold rush?

• merchants who sold supplies

• teachers

• miners

• missionaries

Which one is NOT a lasting effect of the gold rush in California

• Agriculture, shipping and trade grew

• Many people left to go back to the East coast after the gold rush

• Many went into farming and business

• It allowed California to ask to be a state

What were 2 benefits of California becoming a state? (Choose 2)

• Utah was getting crowded so now people could move to California

• Shippers could trade with countries in Asia

• Americans would not have to worry about sharing a western border with any other country

• With another state paying taxes it would allow the Government to lower taxes for everyone

What one is NOT one of Polk's 3 goals for the war?

• Push Mexican forces out of Texas

• Take control of New Mexico and California

• Use captured Mexican soldiers for slaves

• Capture Mexican City