U3Ch2 study guide

What does this image represent?

• Manifest Destiny

• the Trail of Tears

• the Monroe Doctrine

• the Mormon migration

Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to Part A?

• the Native Americans fleeing

• the angelic figure headed west

• the new forms of transport technology shown

• the heavy clouds and mountains in the background

After gaining its independence from Spain, the Mexican government ________.

• moved troops into areas claimed by the United States

• encouraged American settlers to move to Texas

• established a monarchy

• offered to sell Texas to the United States

• immediately legalized the practice of slavery

How did President James K. Polk provoke war with Mexico?

• He allowed slavery to be practiced in Texas.

• He ordered U.S. troops to cross the Nueces River.

• He ordered U.S. troops to attack the town of Santa Fe.

• He refused to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.

Which of the following groups settled in the West to escape religious persecution?

• the Californios

• the Exodusters

• the Forty-Niners

• the Mormons

Use the graph to answer the question.

• By 1850, California had become the wealthiest state in the Union.

• Most miners who traveled to California in search of gold became wealthy.

• The discovery of gold in California quickly increased the territory’s population.

• The experience of migrants to California weakened Americans’ belief in Manifest Destiny.

Use the image to answer the question.

• railroads

• telephones

• newspapers

• the Pony Express

What was the primary purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To provide free education to settlers

• To encourage settlement by offering free land

• To build more railroads

• To remove Native Americans from their land

What was the main reason settlers moved westward in the 1800s?

• To escape the Civil War

• To find gold and other resources

• To establish new trade routes

• To join the military

Which group was most negatively affected by the westward expansion of the United States?

• European immigrants

• Native Americans

• Railroad workers

• Southern plantation owners