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Ch. 13 Manifest Destiny

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which philosophy meant that the United States was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?

a)

Emigrant Theory

b)

Joint Occupation

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Rendezvous Philosophy

2.

The main route that settlers took through the Rocky Mountains to Oregon was called the ....

a)

East Pass

b)

North Pass

c)

South Pass

d)

West Pass

3.

One reason that the US claimed Oregon Country was because of

a)

The Lewis and Clark expedition

b)

The Treaty of Guadalupe

c)

The Whitman Massacre

d)

John Tylers' election

4.

What was the last country to challenge the United States' control of Oregon?

a)

Russia

b)

Britain

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain

5.

Jim Bridger and Kit Carson lived in the West and worked as ......

a)

farmers

b)

merchants

c)

missionaries

d)

guides

6.
Who started the American fur Company?
a)
John Jacob Astor
b)
Jim Bridger
c)
Stephen F. Austin
d)
Jedediah Smith
7.
Who opened the Santa Fe Trail in 1821?
a)
William Becknell
b)
James Marshall
c)
Joseph Smith
d)
Brigham Young
8.
"Fifty-four forty or fight" refers to
a)
the northern border of Oregon
b)
the southern boundary of Texas
c)
the location of the gold discovery
d)
the western boundary of California
9.

Florida could not become a state until which of the following happened...

a)

A slave state joined the Union

b)

A free state joined the Union

c)

It agreed to end slavery

d)

Texas Joined the Union

10.

What happened to the Texan forces at the Alamo?

a)

they declared independence

b)

they were defeated

c)

they won a major victory

d)

they negotiated a truce

11.

Where is the Alamo located?

a)

Florida

b)

Louisiana

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Texas

12.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was...

a)

a Mexican musician

b)

the new Mexican general

c)

the president of Mexico

d)

a Mexican writer

13.
Why is The Alamo significant? 
a)
It was the last battle of the Revolution
b)
It inspired Texans to fight
c)
It was the first battle of the Revolution
d)
Texas won its independence
14.

What did President Polk use as grounds for declaring war against Mexico?

a)

Annexation of Texas

b)

Mexican attack on American forces

c)

Mexico's nonpayment of debts

15.

Whom did Texas choose as its president after Texas won independence from Mexico?

a)

Davy Crocket

b)

Jim Bowie

c)

William Travis

d)

Sam Housten

16.

Which event in 1849 had a long lasting effect on California?

a)

Discovery of gold

b)

growth of industry

c)

shipping to the North

d)

trade with Mexico

17.

What is the definition of prospect?

a)

a gold mine

b)

search for gold

c)

natives searching for gold

d)

1867

18.

Why were they encouraging settlers to move West?

a)

They needed slaves.

b)

They needed people for War.

c)

They needed chef's.

d)

They wanted more people in California.

19.

Which of the following groups made huge profits during the California Gold Rush?

a)

Mormans

b)

boomtown merchants

c)

forty-niners

d)

rancheros

20.

Who was the commander of the Texan forces at the Alamo?

a)

Davy Crocket

b)

William Travis

c)

Jim Bowie

d)

Sam Housten

21.

What was a frequent problem that pioneers faced along the Oregon Trail?

a)

fatigue

b)

food shortage

c)

illness

d)

all of the above

22.

Which of the following were effects of the California Gold Rush?

Choose three correct answers.

a)

California gained statehood because the population surged

b)

Irish immigrants were granted citizenship

c)

Native Americans helped prospectors mine for gold

d)

Nativism resurfaced as more people moved west

e)

Miners destroyed the natural landscape

23.
Which U.S. president believed in Manifest Destiny?
a)
James k. Polk
b)
Abraham Lincoln
24.

Major War between the United States and Mexico between 1846-1848 in which Mexico lost 529,000 acres of land to the United States.

a)

None of the Responses are correct

b)

The American-Mexican Schism

c)

The Mexican Cession

d)

The Mexican-American War