Chapter 17: Westward Expansion

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

• obey the Book of Mormon
• prosper in the fur trade
• seek out religious freedom
• gold

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

• a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory

• issues arising over the boundaries of Texas (border dispute)

• the discovery of gold in California

• the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

Uncharted territory or wilderness

• Expedition

• Frontier

• Pacific

• Exploration

To give up power of a territory

• Annex

• Secede

• Cede

• Produce

The discover of gold in the California territory leads to a massive immigration of settlers onto the land to get rich quick

• Gold Rush

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon movement

• Crypto Craze

The name given to the group of pioneers who went to California during the Gold Rush

• Forty-niners

• Golden Nuggets

• Golden Arches

• Seventy Sixers

Immigrated to the West during the Gold Rush, faced discrimination by the white settlers

• Chinese

• Mexicans

• Irish

• English