Topic 6- Lesson 1

How did Spanish leaders stimulate New Mexico's population and economic growth?

• by lowering taxes to attract new settlers

• by increasing trade with the United States

• by creating alliances with the American Indians

• by limiting the amount of land one person could own

By 1760, only about 1,200 colonists had settled in Texas because

• the goal of expansionists was to reach the West Coast.

• the need for inexpensive farmland was relatively small.

• the presence of Apache raiders was still a concern.

• the establishment of too many towns was problematic for ranchers.

Many of the Mountain Men who created trails through the Rockies saw financial opportunities in

• fur trading.

• mining gold.

• hunting buffalo.

• subsistence farming.

How was the Mormons' decision to move westward different from other settlers from the East and Midwest?

• They were fleeing religious persecution.

• They were protesting government taxation.

• They left in search of more profitable farmland.

• They hoped to strike it rich in the California gold rush.

How was the idea of Manifest Destiny used to justify westward expansion?

• Many thought the United States had a right to own all of North America.

• Many shared the Mexican desire to fight for independence from Spanish rule in the West.

• Some thought the native peoples living in western U.S. colonies should be independent.

• Some encouraged strengthening American Indians in the West to promote economic growth.

What was the primary reason Spain founded the colonies of Texas and California?

• to spread Christianity among the local American Indians

• to build alliances with French and Russian settlers

• to subdue the raiding Apache American Indians

• to create buffer zones to protect towns and mines in Mexico

The concept American expansionists used to justify westward territorial growth was called

• Manifest Destiny

• Territorial Security

• Transcontinental Right

• American Providence

The purpose of the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty was to

• prevent American settlers from settling in the Rocky Mountains.

• keep American Indians away from major westward trails.

• protect American Indian lands from homesteaders.

• provide a safe refuge for Mormons.

Once settlers arrived at the new homestead, how might they have replenished their supplies?

• They traveled to the nearest town to buy new supplies.

• They ordered supplies through the local post office.

• They made, gathered, or grew what they needed, or they did without.

• They waited until the next supply wagon came through the area.

Religious leader of the Mormon church who led the Mormons out of Illinois to a new territory in Utah.

• Joseph Smith

• Father Junipero Serra

• Stephen Austin

• Brigham Young