Unit 3 Chapter 2 Quiz pages 24-29

Why did Christian missionaries go to Oregon in the 1830s?

• To convert Native Americans to Christianity
• To settle on the prairie
• To explore the land
• To trade with Native Americans

What is manifest destiny?

• The belief that America's future was obvious to all
• The belief that America should spread American liberty across the continent
• The belief that America was a special nation unlike any other
• All of the above

How did the United States acquire land during its expansion westward?

• By buying it
• Through war
• Both A and B
• Neither A nor B

How did settlers move west?

• By wagon
• By boat
• By horse
• All of the above

What powered the first steamboats?

• Wood
• Coal
• Water
• Steam

What did the steam engine change in land travel?

• It made traveling upriver possible
• It made traveling faster
• It made traveling on horseback easier
• It made traveling by foot unnecessary

When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?

• 1807
• 1829
• 1869
• 1900

Who were some of the workers hired to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Chinese, Irish, and German immigrants
• Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans
• Both A and B
• Neither A nor B

What did the transcontinental railroad help open?

• The East to settlement
• The West to settlement
• The prairie to settlement
• The coast to settlement

What is the Oregon Trail?

• A trail that settlers used to travel to Oregon
• A trail that Native Americans used to travel to Oregon
• A trail that missionaries used to travel to Oregon
• A trail that connected the East to the West