Opening the Frontier Quiz

Manifest Destiny

• Belief that the US had a divine right to expand westward

• Religious Text

• Motivation for Native American dominance

• System of laws governing the United States

Expansion westward began with what purchase by Thomas Jefferson?

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• New England Purchase

True or False: The United States was motivated to open the frontier

• True

• False

Which was not a reason for going West?

• Economic Gains

• Nationalism

• Land Gains

• The Grass is Greener on the other side

The proverbial MIDDLE territory that would serve as mutual GROUNDS for negotiation and trade was known as...

• Western Frontier

• Tradesman Corner

• MIDDLE GROUND

• Peacekeeping Settlement

This trail largely followed the paths of Lewis and Clark

• Santa Fe Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Hockenbury Trail

• Oregon Trail

What was not a mode of transportation westward

• Steamboat

• Airplane

• Foot

• Wagon

Why did Americans flock to California in 1848-49?

• Gold Rush

• Warmer Weather

• Surfing

• They didn't go to California

What revolution took place (1835-36) prior to the Mexican-American War?

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

• Texas Revolution

• Civil War

Who was not a key figure during the period of Westward Expansion in the 1800s?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Warren G. Harding

• Sam Houston

• James K. Polk