Manifest Destiny Quick-Check

What was essential to westward expansion because it made it easier to travel and live in the west?

• Automobiles

• Steamboats

• Horse carriages

• Railroads

What is a locomotive?

• A horse-drawn carriage

• A type of wagon

• An engine that pulls a railroad train

• A steam-powered boat

What does 'Manifest Destiny' refer to?

• A famous speech by Andrew Jackson

• A law passed in the 1800s that said Americans were required to move west

• 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent

• All of these

What is a speculator?

• A teacher in the 1800s who focused on skills relating to exploration and frontier life

• A type of farmer who traveled through different regions of the west

• Someone who invests in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit

• A railroad engineer in the early-to-mid 1800s

What does 'annex' mean?

• To remove something

• To add on

• To declare independence

• To sign a treaty

What was the Oregon Trail?

• Pioneer trail that crossed over 2,000 miles from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast

• A mountain range in the Midwest

• A river ranging from the Midwest to the Pacific; multiple U.S. forts were built along it

• The border between U.S. frontier and wilderness; changed constantly as settlers moved west

What does 'sectionalism' refer to?

• A type of government which focuses on "sections" of the nation rather than the entire country

• A style of architecture in which frontier communities were set up in small "sections" (or blocks)

• Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

• A method of farming

What is a plantation?

• A mining operation

• A small farm in the North with no enslaved workers; often grew "hearty" plants like potatoes

• A type of factory in which crops are processed into other goods

• Estate farmed by many workers; in the South, these had large amounts of enslaved workers

What is 'expansionism'?

• A policy that calls for expanding a nation's boundaries

• A belief in reducing a country's size, either for peaceful or economic purposes

• A type of economic theory in which a government's economy should expand through industry

• A strategy in chess

Why did NC earn the nickname "Rip Van Winkle State"?

• Lack of industry, lazy government, slow pace of change

• A historical figure named Rip Van Winkle lived in NC

• Fast pace of change and embrace of modernization