STAAR Review - Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

Provided an orderly way for new states to be added to the Union.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Wilmot Proviso

• Northwest Ordinance

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

One of the leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.

• Andrew Jackson

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Morse

Nativism was widespread in which of the following states during the 19th century?

• Rhode Island

• Kentucky

• California

• South Carolina

This group of people traveled West to escape persecution for their beliefs.

• Mormons

• Ranchers

• Cowboys

• Miners

Contributed to the rapid growth of cities in the Northeast.

• Mississippi River

• Eerie Canal

• The Rocky Mountains

• Agricultural exports

The U.S. annexation of which state led to border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico?

• Florida

• Oregon

• Louisiana

• Texas

The Oregon Treaty allowed the United States to expand to which ocean?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic

Which of the following is NOT related to Manifest Destiny?

• Population growth

• Financial panics

• Spoils system

• Land ownership

Texas and California were formerly part of which country?

• United States

• France

• Oregon

• Mexico

What did the Frontier represent to many Americans traveling westward?

• The promise of a new beginning for the nation

• Manufacturing and industrial opportunities

• The spread of Jacksonian Democracy

• The abundance of wildlife