Trails West Quiz

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The first land acquisition for America which also doubled the size of the country.

• A route from Missouri to Oregon on which thousands of pioneers traveled, usually in covered wagons, and many died, while traveling west.

• Belief that it was America's right to go expand its territory over North America.

• A new video game.

The Mormons were persecuted by other Americans for their belief in what?

• Believing in more than one god.

• That Americans would one day fly.

• Having more than one spouse.

• None of These

Which section is the Texas Annexation?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which trail west took people to present day New Mexico?

• The South Pass

• The Mormon Trail

• The Oregon Trail

• The Santa Fe Trail

Where was gold first discovered in California? 

• Comstock Lode
• Sutter's Mill
• San Francisco
• Lowell Mills

How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States?

• it tripled the size of the U.S.
• it had no effect
• it doubled the size of the U.S.

How did land speculators make a profit?

• they bought large pieces of land and then split it into smaller pieces of land and sold it for a profit

• they won the land in a lottery system and sold it off to others

• they grew cash crops on the land and sold it to those living in the east

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 

• Surfers
• Coasters
• Forty Niners
• Raiders

Stephen F. Austin was arrested by Mexican authorities and imprisoned for a year because he _______.

• called the President of Mexico a coward and a liar.

• robbed the National Bank of Mexico.

• refused to pay taxes to the Mexican government.

• wrote a letter encouraging Texans to form their own government.

The United States acquired Florida from what country?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Russia