Chapter 13 Manifest Destiny Practice Test

In the early 1800s, the United States, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia all laid claim to part of Oregon Country.

• True

• False

After exhausting the beaver supply in Oregon Country, many mountain men found work as guides.

• True

• False

In 1844 the Democratic Party's campaign slogan referred to conflict with Great Britain over Oregon Country.

• True

• False

President Martin Van Buren agreed to annex Texas.

• True

• False

The Mexican ranchos had Native Americans working the land in exchange for food and shelter.

• True

• False

What was the last country to challenge the United States’s control of Oregon?

• Britain

• Mexico

• Russia

• France

What allowed people from both Britain and the United States to settle in Oregon Country?

• joint occupation

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Country occupation

• rendezvous

Jim Bridger and Kit Carson lived in the West and worked as

• farmers.

• merchants.

• guides.

• missionaries.

Whom did Texas choose as their president after they won independence from Mexico?

• Davy Crockett

• Jim Bowie

• Sam Houston

• William B. Travis

Mountain men made their living as

• merchants.

• missionaries.

• surveyors.

• trappers.