Westward Expansion Wk 16 Assessment

What was NOT a goal for The Corps of Discovery?

• Strengthen the relationship between the American settlers and many of the American Indian tribes

• Find a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean

• Finding more land to expand the United States

• Gather notes about the plants, animals, and sils they observed throughout their discovery of land

What was one of the reasons that the pioneers traveled west?

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What was the greatest danger while being a pioneer and traveling to the west?

• The American Indians were not letting the pioneers settle in their land

• Risk of disease and the lack of fresh water

• There wasn’t enough people to complete all the work so they worked themselves to death

• The animals were attacking the pioneer while they were on the trails

What does ‘sea to shining sea’ mean?

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Why did the Americans feel entitled when it came to claiming land?

• They were better than the American Indians

• They had a lot of money to buy the land

• They believed that there was gold and wanted to take over

• The Americans wanted to bring the frontier to statehood and would do anything to conquer the land.

Why was the lack of fresh water such a big deal when traveling in this time period?

• They couldn’t feed their livestock

• Not washing their hands or bathing often spread diseases that were contagious and deadly.

• They couldn’t drink enough fresh water which made many pioneers not live to see their destination.

• They couldn’t clean all their food, clothes, and dishes.

What triggered Mexico to start a war that lasted 2 years and in the end Texas became part of the United States?

• President Polk helped Texas because he believed in the Manifest Destiny.

• Mexico wanted Texas to be a part of the United States.

• Mexico wanted to fight for the right to be a part of Texas

• Texas wanted to be a part of Mexico but Mexico did not want them to be a part of them.

What was the main conflict between The US and the indigenous tribes?

• Money

• Resources

• Land

• Gold

What was America spending time and money on since the American Revolutionary War?

• New land to own

• The military academy

• Tools for the pioneers

• To build railroads and road systems

Which agreement gave the United States control over Texas?

• Oregon Treaty

• Treaties of Velasco

• Louisiana Purchase Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo