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In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1812

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia
• Spain

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington 
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison

Who was the leader of France that sold Louisiana to the United States?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marie Antoinette

• Napoléon Bonaparte

What is Manifest Destiny

• The idea that America was destined to gain freedom from England

• The idea that Americans have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• The idea that America is destined to expand from the East Coast to the West Coast

• All of the above

Historically, US government policy toward American Indians has been most consistently characterized by

• efforts to give the responsibility for managing their own affairs
• a desire to help them through protective legislation
• refusal to grant US citizenship to them
• misunderstanding of their cultures and values

California Gold Rush, the Homestead Act (giving people land), and the completion of the Transcontinental all...

• encouraged westward settlement.
• are examples of government sponsored transportation programs.
• recognized Native American Indian land rights.
• promoted the conservation of natural resources.

How did the Forty-niners typically travel to California?

• By airplane

• By horse or wagon across the Oregon Trail

• By sailing around the tip of South America

• By walking the entire distance

What name was given to the group of people who came to California in 1849 to search for gold?

• Prospectors

• Boomtown residents

• Forty-niners

• Gold hunters

What term was used to describe the towns that offered everything a miner would need while searching for gold?

• Gold towns

• Rich towns

• Boomtowns

• Mining camps