Chapter 11 - Westward Expansion

According to President Polk, what was the nation's "manifest destiny"?

• To extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean and spread democracy.

• To become completely industrialized.

• To live in peace with our neighbors.

• To extend the U.S. to the Rocky Mountains.

The Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail were major routes for Americans traveling to the

• West

• South

• East

• Northeast

The _________ were a religious group that migrated to the West to achieve religious freedom.

• Mormons

• fur traders

• Cherokee

• Methodists

The first Americans to push into the West were trappers and fur traders. They weren't moving permanently, instead they were trying to ________________.

• make money by trading furs

• make alliances with the Native Americans

• bring Native Americans back into the Eastern part of the United States

• make money by helping people travel to California for the Gold Rush

The Mexican government encouraged Americans to move into Texas. Which of the following rules were allowed?

• become a Mexican citizen

• practice Catholicism

• live there for at least ten years

• bring slaves into the Texas territory

Why didn't President Jackson want to make Texas a state when they asked?

• He didn't want to anger Mexico.

• He didn't want to upset the balance between free and slave states.

• He didn't want to have to support the people in Texas with the army.

• He didn't want to get into a war with Spain.

Which is not a cause of the Mexican American War?

• border dispute between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers

• Texas becoming a US state

• Mexico taking power away from the Texan settlers

• the Trail of Tears

What happened as an effect of the Mexican American War?

• Texas became an independent state

• The United States gained about 25% of our current land

• Mexico gained about 50% of their land.

• The new border of the United States was drawn at Donner Pass.

The gold seeking migrants who flooded into California in 1849 were known as ...

• forty niners

• roughnecks

• Donners

• empresarios

What was a result of the California Gold Rush?

• California's population grew so much it was able to become a state.

• Many people got rich, so everyone had to pay more taxes.

• The price of gold went down because there was so much.

• Everyone had gold accessories in their homes.