Western Expansion

Moved west to escape religious persecution

• Mormons

• Forty-niners

• Chinese

• Irish

A belief in Manifest Destiny encouraged Americans to

• support tariffs.

• expand west to the Pacific Ocean.

• move to urban areas.

• join political parties.

The annexation of Texas led to war with --

• Spain.

• Mexico.

• Britain.

• France.

Which was a major push factor for Irish immigrating to the U.S. in the 1840s?

• the Potato Famine

• the Corrupt Bargain

• the Spoils System

• the Nullification Crisis

The discovery of this in 1848 brought thousands of settlers to California the next year.

• cotton

• oil

• gold

• helium

The Gadsden Purchase helped the U.S. complete --

• a canal

• a railroad

• the Oregon Trail

• the Santa Fe Trail

Expansionist president

Campaign promised fight for Oregon

Pushed U.S. into war with Mexico in 1846

• James Polk

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Martin Van Buren

In the 1840s, Chinese and Irish immigrants provided much of the labor force that built --

• the Berlin Wall

• the Grand Canyon

• the transcontinental railroad

• the factory suystem

American claims to Oregon were settled after an agreement was reached with this nation.

• Germany

• Britain

• Ireland

• France

Treaty that ended Mexican-American War

• Treaty of Gudalupe Hidalgo

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent