Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Review

What is the term that describes American's belief that they were meant to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

• Fate of the Union
• Divine Intervention
• Territorial Ambition
• Manifest Destiny

What are two reasons that Americans wanted to head West?

• Economic opportunities and the promise of a fresh start
• Fear of overcrowding in the East
• Desire to become farmers
• Search for new fashion trends

Name the trails that Pioneers took to get West.

• California Trail
• Lewis and Clark Trail
• Santa Fe Trail
• Oregon Trail

What was the name of the Religious group that traveled West to escape religious persecution?

• Quakers
• Puritans
• Mormons

• Pilgrims

What was the name of the Mormon leader who traveled West to escape religious persecution? (I will accept the founder or his successor)

• Brigham Young
• Wilford Woodruff
• John Taylor
• Joseph Smith

What country asked Americans to move there to defend from Native Americans?

• Mexico
• France
• Germany
• Canada

What did the Mexican government ask of the Americans moving to Texas to not do?

• Not bring slaves
• Not learn Spanish
• Not pay taxes
• Not establish businesses

What came first, the Texas Revolution or the Mexican-American War?

• French Revolution
• American Civil War
• Mexican American War

• Texas Revolution

Following the Mexican-American War, Mexico gave up New Mexico and what other state? (In the present day it has the largest population)

• Nevada
• California
• Texas
• Arizona

What caused over 300,000 people to travel to California?

• California Silver Rush
• California Gold Rush
• California Oil Boom
• California Tech Revolution