Manifest Destiny

What was a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.

• Manifest Destiny

• Sea to Shining Sea

• Territorial Acquisition

What is a major reason why Americans wanted to move out west?

• Improve their financial situation

• Move away from Native American attacks in the East

• Establish second homes

What did John Deere invent?

• iron-bladed plow

• mechanical reaper

• steel-bladed plow

What did Cyrus McCormick invent?

• iron-bladed plow

• mechanical reaper

• steel-bladed plow

Which group did NOT originally inhabit the Oregon Territory?

• Native Americans

• American settlers

• British settlers

• Spanish settlers

Which is NOT a major trail that settlers followed out west?

• Oregon Trail

• Arizona Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• California Trail

What animal did Great Plains Native American's follow? They used every part of this animal.

• Deer

• Buffalo

• Elk

What treaty ended the Mexican American War?

• Oregon

• Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Fort Laramie

What law gave American squatters the right to purchase large tracts of land in the west at low government prices?

• Treaty of Fort Laramie

• Preemption Act

• Squatters Act

Which group moved out west to establish a religious settlement in Utah?

• Mormons

• Catholics

• Methodists