Unit 7 - Westward Expansion MA

What year did the Forty-niners begin to move to California during the Gold Rush?

• 1749

• 1894

• 1849

What is the name of the people who went to California in 1849 during the Gold Rush?

• Californians

• Goldies

• 49ers

What year did California become a state?

• 1849

• 1850

• 1851

When California became a state in 1850, the United States stretched from the ​ (a)   to the ​ (b)  

• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Rocky Mountains
• Great Lakes

Transfer of land from one country to another

• Succession

• Cede

• Cession

Traders moved to Oregon Country for ____ trading.

• Corn

• Fur

• Spice

The discovery of ​ (a)   encouraged many people to move to ​ (b)   in 1849.

• gold
• California
• fur
• Oregon

Region purchased by the United States in 1803

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• Mexican Cession

The Louisiana Territory was purchased from ​ (a)   and cost the U.S. ​ (b)   .

• France
• $15 million
• England
• $5 million

The idea that the U.S. should expand all the way across North America

• Declaration of Independence

• Manifest Destiny

• Bill of Rights