Manifest Destiny Review

Which of the following was a cause of the Mexican American War?

• The boundary Dispute between Texas and Mexico

• The pioneers who traveled to Mexican occupation Oregon

• The Railway crossing into Mexican territory

• Sam Houston being President of the United States

Which of the following was not a trail west?

• The Oregon Trail

• The California Trail

• The Montgomery Trail

• The Mormon Trail

Which group of people traveled west for religious freedom?

• Pioneers

• Mountain Men

• 49'ers

• Mormons

What were 3 laws Texans were breaking in Mexico?

• Learning to speak Spanish

• Paying taxes to the Mexican Government

• Using slaves in farms

• Refusing to convert to Catholicism

• Reporting the discovery of gold

Which of the following is not an economic actives for pioneers?

• Agriculture

• Trading with Natives

• Mining

• Ports of trade with Asia

• Factory jobs

Choose the incorrect statement below:

• The gold rush doubled the worlds gold supply

• Many cities developed due to the gold rush

• The gold rush lead to a mass migration of settlers west

• Most forty-niners did become wealthy due to the gold rush.

Choose three effects of the Bessemer Process of Steel making.

• Lowered the price of steel

• Made steel in smaller and more manageable quantities

• Allowed more steel to be manufactured quicker

• Helped expand the railroads in America

• Created less jobs as technology replaced workers.

What was built to connect Nebraska to California

• The Missouri River

• The Erie Canal

• The Canadian Railroad

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Union Pacific Turnpike

Why did Jackson refuse to annex Texas

• He feared what the stronger Mexican army might do in response

• He did not want to give up power to Sam Houston

• He believed Texans would state a rebellion in America

• He did not want to upset the balance between free and slave states.

In what way was the Mexican Revolution a contradiction?

• Mexico separated from the Spanish monarch and became a dictatorship under Santa Anna

• After Mexico rebelled and then created a Monarchy similar to Spains

• Mexico rebelled from the republic of spain to form a democracy

• Mexico made Santa Anna the president of the United Mexico States