USH Manifest Destiny and Life in the West 2025_2026

Which of these led to the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Who was important to the survival of the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• mountain men

• the U.S. military

• Indigenous people

• settlers traveling west

Which of these was one legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• They mapped a route to the Pacific.

• They explored present-day Colorado.

• They established missions in new territories.

• They located a water route across the country.

What was the aim of Junípero Serra as he led soldiers and priests north from Mexico to California?

• to claim land for Mexico

• to establish Spanish colonies

• to spread Christianity

• to limit American influence

How did early Californios get what they needed to survive?

• They produced everything at home.

• They depended on imports from Mexico.

• They developed community trading posts.

• They bought goods on trips to nearby cities.

In the 1830s, what was California’s main industry?

• fur trading

• coal mining

• shipbuilding

• cattle ranching

What type of work did mountain men do?

• fur trappers

• gold miners

• cattle ranchers

• sheep shearers

What was an important legacy of the early missionaries to Oregon?

• They found a cure for measles.

• They opened the west for American settlement.

• They converted all the local Indigenous people.

• They traveled to the Pacific Ocean.

What did pioneer women achieve well before women in the eastern United States?

• They joined the military.

• They voted in elections.

• They had college educations.

• They earned wages equal to those of men.

Which of these was one effect of the California gold rush?

• California grew in size.

• California achieved statehood.

• California went to war with Mexico.

• California lost much of its population.