Westward Expansion Review

What does the term Manifest Destiny mean?

• the belief that the United States had the right to move west during the 1800s

• the belief that the Presidents of the United States could buy any land they wanted

• the belief that Britain can come back and rule over the country

• the belief that the US is destined to always be at war with Europe

The Louisiana Purchase _________________the size of the United States.

• tripled

• doubled

• did nothing to

• quadrupled

The Homestead Act encouraged people to move West because it..

• established ranching towns for cattle drivers.
• offered free land to those willing to farm it.
• offered land to gold prospectors.
• promised protection from Native Americans.

Land set aside for Native Americans to live on.

• farm cooperative
• sooner
• Chisholm Trail
• reservation

Who did President Thomas Jefferson send to explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase?

• Washington and Adams
• Madison and Monroe
• Lewis and Clark
• John Smith and John Rolfe

What was the term for the idea that expansion was the right of the US?

• Manifest Destiny
• Righteous Growth
• Sovereign Development
• Due Process

What do you call someone who goes west in search for gold?

• Forty- five
• Forty-Niners
• Pioneers
• Indians

__________ was a young Shoshone Native American who helped as a guide for Lewis and Clark.

• Mary Jemison

• Sarah Charles

• Shoshone

• Sacajawea

In 1849, many people traveled to California in search of _______.

• money

• copper

• gold

• food

Which trail is shown on the map?

• California Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Mormon Trail