Unit 5 Westward Expansion

Which of the following trails is one of the busiest trails west, and is considered the northern trail?

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

Which of the following trails was used by a group that was being persecuted?

• California Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

Which of the following trails is one of the busiest trail west, and is considered the southern trail?

• California Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

What led to the population boom that allowed California to apply for statehood?

• Gold Rush

• Louisiana Purchase

• Battle of the Alamo

What group of people met every year at rendezvous to exchange pelts for needed supplies?

• Mountain Men

• 49ers/Goldminers

• Tejanos

Which of the following was not a reason for westward expansion in the U.S?

• Economic Opportunity

• Escape civilization

• Manifest Destiny

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that the U.S. should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• The belief that all of Mexico should belong to the U.S.

• The belief that Canada should belong to the U.S.

This was a piece of land acquired by the United States to ease trade routes and establish a border with Mexico.

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Revolution

• Gadsden Purchase

Southerners from America went to this part of Mexico for farmland, eventually outnumbering Mexican citizens leading to what?

• War with Mexico

• Gadsden Purchase

• Texas Revolution

This is the name of the land gained from the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo.

• War with Mexico

• Texas Revolution

• Mexican Cession