Reform and Westward Expansion

Which independent territory was known as the Lone Star republic before joining the United States?

• Oregon

• California

• Mexico

• Texas

What event occurred in 1849 that drew people from all over the world to California?

• War with Mexico

• The Gold Rush

• The Lewis and Clark expedition

• The Civil War

This painting was drawn to express the idea that expansion was for the good of the country. What is this idea known as? (hint! Watch the Youtube video again)

• Monroe Doctrine

• Westward Expansion

• Abolitionist Movement

• Manifest Destiny

What was the most likely purpose of the meeting in this advertisement?

• to support voting rights for women

• to end the suffering of slaves

• to discuss the abolitionist movement

• to promote the arts among women

"One example of how I played a leadership role in the women's rights movement was by leading the Seneca Falls Convention." Who am I?

• Harriet Tubman

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Isabelle Sojourner Truth

• William Lloyd Garrison

Early settlers in new territories are called __________.

• city slickers

• politicians

• inventors

• pioneers

____________________ is a change or improvement.

• annex

• siege

• cede

• reform

Which best explains the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• Survival of the fittest

• America should extend from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

• Everyone has a path or destiny.

• Extension of the railroads

Centered on gaining rights for women

• women’s movement

• abolition movement

• temperance movement

• transcendentalists

Led by people who want to end slavery

• abolition movement

• women’s movement

• temperance movement

• revivalist