US History Manifest Destiny

What is annexation?

• formal joining of one country to another

• formal judging of one country to another

• formal juggling of one country to another

Manifest Destiny was a phrase that described

• The idea that the US was destined to control all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• The contract signed between the US government and native tribes.

• The plan of the US to fight wars to add states

• The idea that the US should buy as much land as possible.

What is one way the idea of Manifest Destiny affected American settlers?

• It allowed them to believe it was acceptable to take land that belonged to others as well as start wars with other countries over the land.

• It caused them to believe that Canadians wanted to become Americans.

• It required them to believe that anyone who was physically able should move west.

Which of the following best describes the impact of manifest destiny on transportation?

• Transportation was unreliable and not useful to pioneers traveling west.

• The desire to move west improved transportation with the creation of more railroads, canals, and steamboats.

• The US government did not want to spend money to improve transportation

• Walking was the best form of transportation to travel out west.

True or False: Pioneers used conestoga wagons as a form of transportation to travel west.

• True

• False

What is a “forty-niner”?

• Nickname given to small children who grew to at least 49 inches during their travels west

• A wagon train of pioneers headed west that had at least 49 or more wagons in the group

• A person who moved to California in search of gold in 1849

• A nickname for anyone who is 49 years old

The Homestead Act was intended to encourage people to do which of the following? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• Get a loan to buy a house

• migrate west

• establish farms

• higher farmers

Why was the removal of the Cherokee people from Tennessee and Georgia called the Trail of Tears ?

• The Cherokee traveled mainly by water

• The Cherokee left a trail so other Native Americans could find them.

• The Cherokee suffered and were unhappy about leaving their homeland.

• The trail followed a river called Tears.

Who were the first explorer(s) sent to map the Louisiana Purchase and make their way to the Pacific Coast?

• Lewis and Clark

• Zebulon Pike

• Jedediah Smith and Sacajawea

• Thomas Jefferson

Which statement BEST describes how the growth of the United States affected indigenous people (Native Americans)?

• It forced many of them to be enslaved to owners of large plantations.

• It cost them a great deal of money.

• It cost them their traditional homelands and ways of life.