WorksheetsCh. 13 Manifest Destiny
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which philosophy meant that the United States was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?
Emigrant Theory
Joint Occupation
Manifest Destiny
Rendezvous Philosophy
The main route that settlers took through the Rocky Mountains to Oregon was called the ....
East Pass
North Pass
South Pass
West Pass
One reason that the US claimed Oregon Country was because of
The Lewis and Clark expedition
The Treaty of Guadalupe
The Whitman Massacre
John Tylers' election
What was the last country to challenge the United States' control of Oregon?
Russia
Britain
Mexico
Spain
Jim Bridger and Kit Carson lived in the West and worked as ......
farmers
merchants
missionaries
guides
Florida could not become a state until which of the following happened...
A slave state joined the Union
A free state joined the Union
It agreed to end slavery
Texas Joined the Union
What happened to the Texan forces at the Alamo?
they declared independence
they were defeated
they won a major victory
they negotiated a truce
Where is the Alamo located?
Florida
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was...
a Mexican musician
the new Mexican general
the president of Mexico
a Mexican writer
What did President Polk use as grounds for declaring war against Mexico?
Annexation of Texas
Mexican attack on American forces
Mexico's nonpayment of debts
Whom did Texas choose as its president after Texas won independence from Mexico?
Davy Crocket
Jim Bowie
William Travis
Sam Housten
Which event in 1849 had a long lasting effect on California?
Discovery of gold
growth of industry
shipping to the North
trade with Mexico
What is the definition of prospect?
a gold mine
search for gold
natives searching for gold
1867
Why were they encouraging settlers to move West?
They needed slaves.
They needed people for War.
They needed chef's.
They wanted more people in California.
Which of the following groups made huge profits during the California Gold Rush?
Mormans
boomtown merchants
forty-niners
rancheros
Who was the commander of the Texan forces at the Alamo?
Davy Crocket
William Travis
Jim Bowie
Sam Housten
What was a frequent problem that pioneers faced along the Oregon Trail?
fatigue
food shortage
illness
all of the above
Which of the following were effects of the California Gold Rush?
Choose three correct answers.
California gained statehood because the population surged
Irish immigrants were granted citizenship
Native Americans helped prospectors mine for gold
Nativism resurfaced as more people moved west
Miners destroyed the natural landscape
Major War between the United States and Mexico between 1846-1848 in which Mexico lost 529,000 acres of land to the United States.
None of the Responses are correct
The American-Mexican Schism
The Mexican Cession
The Mexican-American War
