Ch. 13 Manifest Destiny

Who led the Mormons on the Mormon Trail?

• Brigham Young
• Joseph Smith
• John Jacob Astor
• William Becknell

Texans achieved independence after the battle of

• San Jacinto
• the Alamo
• Gonzalez
• Mexico City

Who led American settlers into Texas in 1821?

• Stephen F. Austin
• William Becknell
• Davy Crockett
• Kit Carson

"Fifty-four forty or fight" refers to

• the northern border of Oregon
• the southern boundary of Texas
• the location of the gold discovery
• the western boundary of California

What caused the Mexican War?

• Polk provoked Mexico into attacking U.S. troops
• the U.S. broke a treaty with Mexico
• a fight over gold in Texas
• Santa Anna attacked the Alamo

Mountain men were important as

• trail guides and fur traders
• gold miners and soldiers
• Indian scouts for the U.S. Army
• the first Americans into Texas

Why did the Mormons move to Utah?

• for religious freedom
• for economic opportunity
• for gold
• they were forced to leave by the U.S. government

How did the U.S. acquire Oregon? 

• treaty with the British
• war with England
• purchased from the British
• war with Mexico

Florida could not become a state until 

• a free state entered the Union
• a slave state entered the Union
• they ended slavery
• after the Mexican War

Situation in which people from two countries can occupy an area

• Manifest destiny

• emigrant

• joint occupation

• Annex