Manifest Destiny continued

What is Manifest Destiny?

• A religious movement in the 19th-century United States
• A political ideology in the 19th-century United States
• A belief in the 19th-century United States that it was the destiny of the country to expand its territory across the North American continent.
• A military strategy in the 19th-century United States

Why were the Gold Rushers called 49ers?

• Because they arrived in 1949 during the California Gold Rush.
• Because they found 49 ounces of gold during the California Gold Rush.
• Because they arrived in 1849 during the California Gold Rush.
• Because they were 49 years old when they arrived during the California Gold Rush.

How did the Homestead Act encourage Americans to move west?

• By guaranteeing jobs in the west
• By providing financial incentives to settlers
• By establishing free transportation to the west
• By offering free land to settlers

What is the Homestead Act?

• A law that prohibited settlers from owning land
• A law that provided 160 acres of public land to settlers
• A law that provided 10 acres of public land to settlers
• A law that granted land to Native Americans

What was the major form of transportation that helped Americans move west?

• wagon trains
• hot air balloons
• steamboats
• horse-drawn carriages

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

• A land deal between the United States and France in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
• A trade agreement between the United States and Mexico in which the U.S. acquired access to the Gulf of Mexico.
• A military campaign by the United States to conquer the Louisiana Territory from France.
• A treaty between the United States and Spain in which the U.S. acquired Florida for $5 million.

What are the ways that people stayed in touch from across the country? Choose all answers that are correct:

• Pony Express

• Telegraph

• Butterfield Trail

• Oregon Trail

• emails

What was the Gold Rush?

• A period of time in the mid-1800s when a large number of people migrated to California in search of gold after it was discovered there.
• A period of time when people migrated to California in search of silver
• A period of time when people migrated to California in search of diamonds
• A period of time when people migrated to California in search of oil