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WorksheetsChapter 9 Manifest Destiny
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 12mins
In the 1820s, Mexico invited American settlers into
California
Mexico
Texas
New Mexico
Which section was enthusiastically in favor of war with Mexico?
South
North
During the California Gold Rush, about 25,000 laborers migrated to California from ...
China
Europe
South America
Canada
Which of the following stirred discord between the North and the South?
the foreign miner's tax
California's application for statehood
discrimination against Mexican-Americans
increased immigration
the belief that God wanted the United States to own all of North America.
Devine Intervention
Providencial Epiphany
Philosophical Assumption
Manifest Destiny
The primary goal of manifest destiny was to
secession of southern states from the nation
removal of European influence from South America
end slavery in the new territories
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
The California Gold Rush, the Homestead Act (giving people land), and the completion of the Transcontinental RR all
encouraged westward settlement.
promised everyone, even Natives a home in the west.
recognized Native American Indian land rights.
promoted the conservation of natural resources.
Name of the land we gained after the Mexican American War
13 colonies
Treaty of Paris
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
What was the greatest sectional issue in westward expansion?
Native American rights
Slavery
Religious toleration
Mercantilism
Which of the following is true of the market revolution?
declined the standard of living in the U.S.
increased the standard of living in the U.S.
everyone got rich
made everyone poor
Led the Mexican Army in both Texas conflict and War with Mexico.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Mariano Arista
Gregorio Ruiz
Manuel Castrillion
What group of people settled in present day Utah after leaving the east coast because of religious persecution?
The Catholics
The Mormons
The Forty-Niners
Spanish Settlers
What completed the border in the Southwest between the U.S. and Mexico?
Louisiana Purchase
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Adam Onis
Gadsden Purchase
The Annexation of Texas was a slow process because
Issue of slavery
Texas didn't qualify to become a state
Texas wanted in as a free state
Texas was still a part of Mexico.
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 final battle of the Texas Revolution happened at ____.
the Rio Grande River
Coleto Creek
San Jacinto
the Alamo
What were the Mexican government’s two main goals for settlement in Texas?
to find better land for farming and raising livestock
to gain access to coal and other mineral resources
to raise funds and to gain control of American Indian lands
to settle more land in the West in order to expand the Mexican empire
What famous mission played a part in the battle in San Antonio?
San Jose
San Antonio
the Alamo
Mission Concepcion
Santa Anna became the president of __________ in 1833.
France
Mexico
Spain
United States
The steamboat and the railroad made life easier because:
They streamlined the process of creating goods
They helped business owners speak directly with consumers
They helped transport goods faster and easier
They greatly reduced the number of hours individuals spent on farm labor
The telegraph uses a system of symbols to send messages, it is called:
Morse Code
Hieroglyphics
Braille
Telecom
All of the following are important inventors of the Market Revolution EXCEPT:
Samuel Morse
Cyrus McCormick
Andrew Jackson
Samuel Slater
They agreed to give up their land willingly.
They were forced off their land and sent to live in reservations.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the market revolution changed the United States. What was one of the biggest catalyst?
Slavery
The production of cotton
A series of innovations in transportation and communication
Sugar plantations
He invented the telegraph, which introduced an instantaneous communication revolution
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
John Deere
He invented the steel plow, which made possible the rapid subduing of the western prairies
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
This was the linking of northern industries with western & southern agriculture that occurred due to innovations in technology & methods that led to a variety of socio-economic changes in the US in the early 1800s.
Market Revolution
Industrial Revolution
The Antebellum Period
The Era of Good Feelings
