Westward Expansion TEST REVIEW

True or False: American settlers agreed to follow Mexican laws in exchange for cheap land; however in the end the they did not follow the new laws.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: The majority of forty-niners became rich.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: All Americans supported the war against Mexico.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Between 1848 and 1849, approximately 720 enlisted US soldiers went AWOL from their duties to mine for gold in the hills of California.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What led settlers to move West in the early 1800s?

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• All of the above

What led Mormon settlers to travel West on the Mormon Trail, eventually settling in Salt Lake City (Utah)?

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• All of the above

What led 49er settlers to travel West on the Oregon Trail, then along the California Trail, eventually settling areas such as San Francisco and Sacramento (California)?

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• All of the above

The Santa Fe Trail led settlers to which part of the United States?

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

The obvious fate of Americans to settle all lands from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy was known as?

• Spirtualism

• Manifest Destiny

• Democracy

• Christianity

What were agents hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas called?

• Empresarios

• Cowboys

• Prospectors

• Vaqueros