Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

The belief Americans were destined by God to extend the border all the way to the Pacific Ocean was called...

• Mass Migration

• Westward Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Utah became the ________ state.

• 40

• 21

• 31

• 35

A negative effect of Manifest Destiny and westward expansion was that...

• There wasn't enough land to make the border as big as they wanted

• Not very many people got rich from the gold rush

• White Americans believed they were superior to other races and justified taking land because of it

• It put America in debt for years to come

What finally caused the war between Mexico and America?

• The siege of the Alamo

• A dispute over the border

• America wanted more land from Mexico

• Mexico stealing from the Americans

Check all of the following that is true of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• It required Mexico to give up all of California and New Mexico to the United States

• The United States paid Mexico 15 million dollars at first and an additional 10 million dollars later

• The United States paid Mexico 40 million dollars total in the treaty

• It ended the Mexican-American war

• It began the Mexican-American war

Who was the leader of the Mormons after the death of Joseph Smith?

• Jim Smith

• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

• Brigham Young

• Zachary Taylor

Who discovered gold in California?

• James Marshall

• John Sutter

• Zachary Taylor

• James Polk

More people got rich digging for gold than any other job during the gold rush.

• True

• False

Who fought for the Texans at the Alamo?

• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

• Davy Crockett

• Jim Bowie

• William Travis

Who signed the Indian Removal Act?

• John Sutter

• Santa Anna

• Zachary Taylor

• Andrew Jackson