Fast and Curious Manifest Destiny

What group of people settled in present day Utah after leaving the east coast because of religious persecution?

• The Catholics

• The Mormons

• The Forty-Niners

• Spanish Settlers

Manifest Destiny offered many people...

• Economic Opportunity

• Nothing

• More Factory Jobs

• New Technological Innovations

What state boomed in 1849 due to the Gold Rush?

• Texas

• Florida

• Oregon

• California

What is one reason that the Texans wanted independence from Mexico?

• Mexico wanted Texas to become an American state.

• Mexico charged settlers high fees for land.

• Mexico had banned American settlement in Texas.

• Mexico promoted slavery.

What was the result of the Texas War for Independence?

• Texas won and became an independent nation.

• Texas won and immediately became part of the United States

• Texas lost and remained part of Mexico for 10 more years.

• Texas lost the war but bought their independence.

Who were the forty-niners?

• leaders who drafted a constitution for California in 1849

• Catholic priest who build 49 missions in California in the 1800s

• gold-seekers who came to California in 1849

• settlers who received 49 acres of land in California in the 1800s

Manifest Destiny was an idea that America should own all land east to west.  Which statement summarizes this idea? 

• Louisiana Purchase was the only part to this idea 
• U.S. peacefully got all land they wanted 
• People did not have the power to get new land 
• U.S. felt it was their right to buy, take, fight for, or compormise to get all the land they wanted 

Texas became part of the United States as a result of:

• The Mexican War
• Annexation
• A treaty with Spain
• a purchase from France

What was the effects of killing all the Texans at "The Alamo"?

• Texans were discouraged and stopped fighting

• Texans were outraged and continued their fight

• It caused the leaders to seek peace

Name the general and dictator of Mexico.

• Jose Urrea
• S.F.A
• Santa Ana
• William B. Travis