CH11 - Manifest Destiny (OR & FL)

People who leave their country to go elsewhere are called...

• immigrants

• emigrants

• mountain men

• schooners

Pioneers packed all their belongings into wagons called ___________, to make the journey to the Oregon Territory.

• calistogas

• prairie schooners

• Cayuses

• manifests

What is one reason mountain men could no longer make a living by trapping?

• Over-trapping limited the amount of pelts available.

• Relations with Native Americans became contentious.

• Congress outlawed trapping beaver to protect the species.

• Traps became difficult to get due to manufacturing struggles in the east.

Something that is clear or obvious to the eye or mind is called...

• destiny

• manifest

• Providence

• divine

The belief during the 1800s that the country must extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

• Fifty-Four Forty

• mercantilism

• Divine Providence

• Manifest Destiny

When people from two counties are allowed to settle in one area it's called...

• a treaty.

• joint occupation.

• a recipe for trouble.

• emigration.

Each of the following countries claimed land within the Oregon Country except...

• Spain

• Mexico

• Russia

• Great Britain

A decree is...

• a blocked off area.

• a conflict between two countries.

• movement of people from their country into a new land.

• an official order.

Santa Anna found Texan forces _______, blocked off, inside a mission building.

• hidden

• decreed

• barricaded

• emerged

When one territory adds another territory to its own.

• barricade

• blockade

• annex

• annihilate