Manifest Destiny Study Guide

Who is this president?

• Stephen Austin

• William McKinley

• James K Polk

• Andrew Jackson

What Country did Texas win its independence from?

• Spain

• Mexico

• The United States

• France

Why did California's population grow so much in the 1840s

• Railroad Jobs

• To fight in the Mexican American War

• Farm Land

• 1849 Gold Rush

What did the Texans refer themselves to after breaking free from Mexico?

• Freedom Riders
• Lone Star Republic
• Union of Texas
• Republic of New Mexico

Which event directly contributed to the start of the War with Mexico?

• The annexation of Texas by the United States

• The discovery of gold in California

• The signing of the Missouri Compromise

• The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was a direct result of Texas gaining independence from Mexico in 1836?

• Texas immediately became a state in the United States

• Texas became an independent republic

• Mexico ceded California to the United States

• The Missouri Compromise was repealed

How did the United States carry out the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• Expanding westward

• Forming military alliances with Europe

• Writing a book about there destiny

• Growing Tobacco

This painting BEST relates what social philosophy?

• Gilded Age
  
• Great Awakening
  
• Manifest Destiny
  
• Women's Suffrage

Who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill?

• James Marshall

• John Sutter

• Sam Brannan

• George Custer

In what year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?

• 1848

• 1850

• 1849

• 1852