New Horizons Vocabulary

What does the term "Manifest Destiny" refer to?

• A) A law that forced Native American tribes to leave their lands

• B) The belief that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent

• C) A historic route that pioneers traveled in the 1800s

• D) A proposal to make a law that would have stopped slavery in new territories

What is the meaning of "Nullify"?

• A) To make changes to improve society

• B) To cancel or ignore a law

• C) The edge of settled land

• D) A piece of land for farming given by the government

What is the "Frontier"?

• A) The belief in America's destiny to expand

• B) A law related to Native American tribes

• C) The edge of settled land with opportunities for exploration

• D) The people who went to California during the Gold Rush

What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

• A) To encourage settlement and farming in the west

• B) To allow pioneers to travel from the eastern to the western part of the US

• C) To force Native American tribes to move to lands west of the Mississippi River

• D) To make a law that would have stopped slavery in new territories

Who is considered a "Pioneer"?

• A) Someone who went to California to search for gold

• B) Someone who is one of the first to settle in a new area

• C) The large area of land that Mexico gave to the United States

• D) A proposal to stop slavery in new territories

What is a "Homestead"?

• A) A law that stopped slavery in new territories

• B) A piece of land given by the government to encourage moving west and starting farms

• C) A historic route traveled by pioneers in the 1800s

• D) The people who went to California during the Gold Rush

What was the Oregon Trail?

• A) A proposal to make a law against slavery

• B) A piece of land for farming given by the government

• C) A historic route that pioneers traveled in the 1800s to move from the eastern US to Oregon

• D) The edge of settled land with opportunities for exploration

What was the California Gold Rush?

• A) A proposal to make a law that would have stopped slavery

• B) The large area of land that Mexico gave to the United States

• C) A time in the mid-1800s when many people rushed to California to find gold

• D) A historic route that pioneers traveled in the 1800s

Who were the "Forty-niners"?

• A) The people who made changes to improve society

• B) The people who went to California during the Gold Rush in 1849 to search for gold

• C) The first to settle in a new area or try out new ideas

• D) The large area of land that Mexico gave to the United States

What is the "Mexican Cession"?

• A) A proposal to make a law that would have stopped slavery in new territories

• B) The belief that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent

• C) The large area of land that Mexico gave to the United States after losing the Mexican-American War

• D) A historic route that pioneers traveled in the 1800s