MN Newcomers 1

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny affect westward expansion in the United States?

• The people of Minnesota elected a governor to represent the territory

• The United States purchased the land west of the Mississippi River from France.

• The belief that white men had the god-given right to take over land gave them the power to settle on lands west of the Mississippi River.

• The people of Minnesota elected a governor to represent the territory

What was Minnesota’s first settlement called?

• Stillwater

• Marine on St. Croix

• Pigs Eye

What were the advantages for Minnesota to become a territory?

• The citizens would elect someone from Minnesota to work in Washington DC who would represent them

• Control over finances

• Create a judicial system

• All of the answers

Who was the governor when Minnesota was finally a state?

• Alexander Ramsey

• Henry Sibley

• Harriet Bishop

• Zachary Taylor

what was one form of transportation in MN in the 1850's?

• bus

• steamboats

• car

• subway

What are some reasons people emigrated from Europe to come to MN is the 1800's?

• jobs were scarce, famine, wars

• to site see

• live in the snow

Who was the governor when Minnesota was finally a state?

• Harriet Bishop

• Henry Sibley

• Alexander Ramsey

• Zachary Taylor

What year did MN become a territory?

• 1852

• 1849

• 1776

• 2019

What year did MN become a state?

• 1858

• 1922

• 1849

• 1785

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny affect westward expansion in the United States?

• The belief that white men had the god-given right to take over land gave them the power to settle on lands west of the Mississippi River.

• The railroad caused more people to move west.

• The United States purchased the land west of the Mississippi River from France.

• The people of Minnesota elected a governor to represent the territory