Westward Expansion

Which of the following is NOT a root of Manifest Destiny?

• Americans fighting a war with Mexico to gain land 

• New factories were built in cities in the Northeast.

• Women moving west to follow men looking for gold 

• Santa Fe Trail is used to bring manufactured goods to the southwest

The belief that the nation should reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean:

• Manifest Destiny

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Gold Rush

Henry David Thoreau was arrested and imprisoned for refusing to pay his taxes because he was against:

• Women's Rights

• States' Rights

• High tariffs

• slavery and the Mexican War.

New immigrant group who came to the U.S. during the California Gold Rush-

• Irish

• Mormons

• Chinese

• Germans

What important document officially ended the war between the United States and Mexico and ceded land to the United States?

• Missouri Compromise

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Northwest Ordinance

Policies made by the Confederation Congress under the Articles of Confederation influenced westward expansion by-

• building a National Road

• adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution

• giving the U.S. a system to follow for admitting new states as it grew

• allowing the Supreme Court to use Judicial Review to determine the constitutionality of laws

The Gadsden purchase made in 1853 was necessary because it:

• divided the territory between the U.S. and Britain

• expanded trade between the south and west.

• avoided war with Spain

• doubled the size of the country

The Oregon Country was jointly occupied by the U.S. and Britain. How was this resolved?

• U.S. went to war

• U.S. split the Oregon Territory with Great Britain at the 49-40th parallel.

• U.S. sent troops to the disputed territory

• U.S. paid $15 million

· New irrigation techniques

· First settled the Great Salt Lake Basin

·Created a new worldwide religion

Which group made the above contributions to America?

• Chinese

• 49ers

• Mormons

• settlers

Name the war the U.S. provoked to acquire land in the Southwest.

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

• U.S.-Mexican War