American Westward Expansion Quiz

What was the name given to the northern region of Spanish rule that included parts of California?

• New Spain

• Mexican Cession

• Spanish Territory

• Alta California

What was the belief that America would inevitably expand over North America called?

• American Imperialism

• Westward Expansion

• Colonial Ambition

• Manifest Destiny

Who won the election of 1844 after campaigning on a policy of claiming the Oregon Territory?

• James Polk

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Andrew Jackson

What was the name given to people who rushed to California during the gold rush?

• Forty-Niners

• Pioneers

• California Rushers

• Gold Seekers

What did the Mexican congress pass in 1827 to remove Spaniards from its territory?

• Expulsion Laws

• Annexation Act

• Colonial Expulsion

• Territorial Removal

What did the Secularization Act of 1833 do to the land from Spanish missions?

• Returned it to the American Indians

• Gifted it to the Mexican Government

• Sold it to the Mountain Men

• Confiscated it

What did Mexico require Texas settlers to practice in 1830?

• Protestantism

• Catholicism

• Atheism

• Mormonism

What did the Republic of Texas pass laws denying citizenship to?

• Asians

• Native Americans

• Free Blacks

• Mexicans

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo extend to Mexicans living in the Mexican Cession?

• Slavery rights

• Land ownership

• American citizenship

• Mexican citizenship

What did the Chinese population of California increase quickly as many immigrated there for?

• Trading

• Ranching

• Farming

• Gold mining