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WorksheetsManifest Destiny
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 2hrs 4mins
What land did we get from the Treaty of Paris?
Florida
Western Lands ( From Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River)
Louisiana Purchase
Texas
What land agreement gave us from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains? From whom?
Florida, Spain
Western Lands ( From Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River)
Louisiana Purchase, France
Texas, Mexico
What land did we get in the Adams Onis Treaty ? From whom?
Florida, Spain
Western Lands ( From Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River)
Louisiana Purchase, France
Texas, Mexico
Texas declared independence from _____, later was added (annexed) into (what country)_____.
Mexico, United States
Mexico, Spain
France, United States
United States, France
President Polk asked Mexico if the U.S. could buy the land in the Southwest, what happened next...
They said no, but we negotiated with Napoleon and got all the land for $15 million
They said yes and we paid them $15 million for the land
We gave up and did not push the issue further
Mexico said no , we declared war, after the war we gained land and paid $15 million for it
Why did people move west? (reasons- push/pull factors) PICK 2
They were running away from the British troops during the Revolutionary War
Religious freedom
gold rush
they wanted to find the northwest passage that Lewis and Clark did not locate
What were some dangers and obstacles of moving west?
fighting with the French who refused to turn over the land
lack of food, intense storms, wagons breaking down
finding Lewis and Clark to follow
Describe how a wagon train worked.
A wagon is a 4 wheeled cart.
Families would join together and work as a moving community. They put together resources and remained together for safety.
You had to be wealthy to join the train and it would only allow land owning families to join.
It was a railroad.
Positive impacts of the transcontinental railroad
Select 2
cut down on travel time to the west
claimed the land for the United States
united the nation from east to west
made Lewis and Clark's journey incredibly easy
Negative impacts of the transcontinental railroads
Select 2
Cut through Native American territory
killed all the fish
killed the buffalo
it was too expensive and no one took it, it did not last long
What is Manifest Destiny?
the idea the railroads were faster than wagons
the idea that gold was how to get rich
the idea that America should own all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific
the treaty that bought Florida
Did America achieve Manifest Destiny?
yes, they did
no, they did not because they lost the war with Mexico
no, because the gold was not found
no, because the Louisiana Purchase was a waste of money and no resources were found
What was Jefferson's role in Manifest Destiny?
he ended it by going to war with Mexico
he ignored the whole idea and did not want America to grow
he started it with his role as President during the Louisiana Purchase
What was the Trail of Tears?
the railroad path
the name for gold in Indian territory
the forced march path that Cherokee were take on to the reservations in the west
Where were the Native people sent during the Indian Removal Act?
East to the Atlantic coast
West to California to dig for gold
to Oklahoma and other areas west on reservations
What were the reservations like for Native people?
nice farming land and plenty of gold
lack of food, water and clothing, very sad and desperate places during the 1800's
the Natives did not go to the reservations, they escaped and headed east
Who made the most money in the gold rush?
all the miners who arrived were rich!
no one, it was a hoax (fake)
the merchants who sold the picks, shovels, and pans- they made a lot of money off of the newly arrived people in California by selling items at a high price.
