Manifest Destiny- Oregon Trail

What is Manifest Destiny?

• the operation or planning of economic and foreign policy on a global basis

• a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate

• a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America

• a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries

Which US President 1845-1849 expanded America based on the ideal of Manifest Destiny?

• Andrew Jackson

• Zachary Taylor

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Polk

What state did not make up Oregon Country in the early 1800’s?

• Oregon

• Washington

• Montana

• California

What nation laid claim to Oregon Country in the early 1800’s?

• France

• Russia

• China

• Italy

What American-Spanish Treaty set the limits of their territory, which is now California's northern border?

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Franklin-Marshall Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

How did mountain men make a living in the Rocky Mountains?

• climbing mountains

• trapping beaver

• hunting buffalo

• mining for gold

The first large-scale migration in 1843 to Oregon Country left from which city/state?

• Independence, Missouri

• Lexington, Kentucky

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Indianapolis, Indiana

Approximately how long was the Oregon Trail and how many months did it take to complete?

• 1,000 miles and two months

• 2,000 miles and six months

• 3,000 miles and seven months

• 4,000 miles and eight months

What was a leading cause of death on the Oregon trail?

• Disease

• Cannibalism

• Attacks from Native Americans

• Stampedes

Most pioneers settled in this fertile valley south of the Columbia River?

• New River Valley

• Red River Valley

• Willamette Valley

• Susquehanna Valley