Westward Expansion Quiz

1. During the 1840s the idea of Manifest Destiny was used to

• demand equal rights for African Americans
• support westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean
• criticize government treatment of Native Americans
• extend slavery in New England

2. Missionaries that first migrated to Oregon hoped to

• convert Native Americans to Chrisitianity
• fight a war with Mexico
• find gold
• discover a trade route to Oregon

3. Pioneers(early settlers) who made a living trading furs and serving as guides in the Rocky Mountains were known as

• missionaries
• gold seekers
• mountain men
• democrats

4. The U.S. gained its section of the Oregon Country by signing a treaty with

• Spain
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

5. The term annex means to

• fight a war for land
• sign a treaty
• add on or takeover
• build trails such as the Oregon Trail

6. How did most people travel west?

• They traveled by boat.
• They used the Oregon Trail.
• They traveled by automobile.
• They used the New Mexico trail.

7. Why did tensions between Texans and Mexicans, eventually lead to the Texas Revolution?

• Many Texans did not agree with the Mexican laws established by President Santa Anna.
• Texans were angry that Mexicans were being given more rights.
• The Texans wanted slavery outlawed.
• Settlers were angry about the construction of railroads on Texan land.

8. What battle triggered the Texas Revolution?

• The Battle of Santa Fe
• The Battle of the Alamo
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Battle of Yorktown

9. Which situation led directly to the War with Mexico?

• settlement of the Oregon Territory
• annexation of Texas
• discovery of gold in California
• removal of Native Americans from their lands

10. "Annexation of Texas!" , "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!", and "All of Oregon or None!" These slogans from the election of 1844 all support

• law and order
• sectionalism
• women's suffrage
• Manifest Destiny