Westward Expansion

A town the has a sudden burst of population growth due to the gold rush.

• homestead

• frontier

• boomtown

• Great Plains

A person who takes the law into his/her own hand

• vaquero

• vigilante

• Exoduster

• buffalo soldier

Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes

• boomtown

• reservation

• frontier

• Great Plains

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States?

• Florida Cession
• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase
• Oregon Treaty

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

• They all brought about a war with Spain.
• They all increased the territory of the United States.
• They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
• They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico. 

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

• obey the Book of Mormon
• prosper in the fur trade
• seek out religious freedom
• gold

What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civilization Act 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act

What caused the huge population expansion in California between 1848 and  1852

• Gold was  found 
• Fresh water was found
• War with Native-Americans 
• farmers moved there to grow their crops