Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny is

• a 20th-century initiative for environmental conservation.
• the idea that the United States should expand to the west coast.

• a movement to reduce the size of the U.S. government.
• a philosophy promoting isolationism in foreign policy.

What was the Alamo?

• A famous restaurant in San Antonio.
• The Alamo was the site of a famous battle in Texas.

• A type of Texas barbecue.
• A historic battle in California.

The Gold Rush was

• a celebration of mining techniques in the early 1800s.

• Farmers moving west in the 1800s.

• a series of political reforms in the late 1800s.

• people rusing to California in 1849 to get gold.

What was a forty-niner?

• A forty-niner was a type of horse used in mining.
• A forty-niner was a famous gold mine in Nevada.
• A forty-niner was a gold seeker during the California Gold Rush.

• A forty-niner was a nickname for a California politician.

What did the Homestead Act do?

• The Homestead Act required settlers to pay for land upfront.
• The Homestead Act provided free housing for settlers.
• The Homestead Act granted 160 acres of land to settlers who farmed it.

• The Homestead Act limited land ownership to wealthy individuals.

Exodusters were

• European immigrants moving to California in the 19th century.
• White settlers in the Midwest during the 1800s.
• Native American tribes relocating to the West.
• African American migrants to Kansas in the late 19th century.

What was the abolition movement?

• An initiative to reform education in the 19th century.
• A movement to promote industrialization in the South.
• The abolition movement was a campaign to end slavery and the slave trade.
• A campaign to support the expansion of slavery in the United States.

When you compromise you

• avoid making any decisions
• stick to your original position
• reach an agreement or solution through cooperation.

• ignore the other party's needs

Popular Sovereignty is

• the belief that laws are created without public input
• the concept that citizens have no role in governance
• the idea that government should be run by a single ruler
• the idea that the power of government comes from the people.