Westward Expansion/Mexican-American War

The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:

• the Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• The Jackson Action

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• Monroe Doctrine
• The Industrial Revolution
• Attack of the 50 foot Woman
• Manifest Destiny

To Annex land means to:

• take it over
• conquer it
• give it up to another country
• buy it

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Which is the only state to have once been an independent country?

• Texas
• Colorado
• Oregon
• Arizona

The Mexican Cession is land that the United States took as a result of:

• annexation
• the War with Mexico
• a treaty with Britain
• the Mexican Revolution

Texas became part of the United States as a result of:

• The Mexican War
• Annexation
• A treaty with Spain
• a purchase from France

When the gold was gone, towns that were once boomtowns often became

• gold towns
• bust towns
• ghost towns
• booming towns

Most people became wealthy by finding gold during the Gold Rush.

• True - everyone became a millionaire!
• False - a few found gold, but those who became wealthy sold supplies to the miners. 

10. Why did the gold rush end? 

• A. California passed a law against gold prospecting 
• B. Most of the land in California was bought up by fortune-seekers 
• C. All the easy-to-find gold was quickly taken
• D. The Civil War broke out, and prospectors had to go and fight 

The forced journey of the Cherokee people from the Georgia homeland to Indian Territory became known as

• the Great Migration
• the Great Removal
• the Native American Trail
• the Trail of Tears