Westward Expansion

The hope of getting rich in the California Gold Rush motivated people to head out west.

• True

• False

During Jefferson’s presidency, which event most helped the United States expand towards the Pacific coast?

• Battle of New Orleans
• Boston Tea Party
•  Constitutional Convention
• the Louisiana Purchase

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

• It limited trade within the original colonies.
• It increased the size of the nation.
• It stopped western settlements.
• It raised taxes on goods made locally.

What caused the spike in population in San Francisco 1849?

• the Mexican War
• the admission of California as a state
• the discovery of gold
• the increased immigration of the Chinese

Why was the annexation of Texas to the United States delayed for 9 years?

•  The U.S. wanted to keep the balance between slave and free states.
• The U.S. wanted to keep the peace with Mexico 
• Texans wanted their independence.
• Texans allied themselves with Great Britain

Which group of Americans followed the "Trail of Tears" when they were forced to leave their homes?

• Japanese Americans
• Irish Americans
• Cherokee Indians
• Mormons

What was the “Trail of Tears?”

• It was the Cherokee’s 800-mile journey to Indian Territory.
• It was the journey of the Seminole people from Florida to New Orleans
• It was a migration of the Chickasaw people from Alabama to Indian Territory.
• It was the Cherokee’s traditional land

Why did Mormons relocate to Salt Lake City, Utah?

• They wanted to pursue new economic opportunities

• They were being persecuted due to their religious beliefs

• They wanted to discover gold

• They wanted to reach the Pacific Ocean

Identify a major political reason for Manifest Destiny.

• religious persecution

• expanding the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• for adventure

• abolishing slavery throughout the United States

The United States purchased this territory from Mexico in order to build a southern railroad.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Florida