Manifest Destiny Vocab

The power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

• Manifest destiny

• Judicial Review

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Marbury v. Madison

What does the term Frontier refer to?

• A type of livestock popular among ranchers

• A cooking method used by pioneers

• The edge of a country with few inhabitants

• A method of travel on the Oregon Trail

​ A Western community that grew quickly because of the mining boom and often disappeared when the boom ended.​ ​

• boomtowns
• reservation
• ghosttowns
• transcontinental railroad

​ A belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the U.S should expand across the  continent to the Pacific Ocean.

• Manifest Destiny
• Sea to shining sea
• Cross country Dreams
• US Destiny

To add territory to one’s own territory

• reservation

• spoil system

• annex

• manifest destiny

Starting in 1849, what first caused people to move out West during the 1850s?

• Miners found silver and gold deposits.

• Buffalo hides were extremely valuable.

• Free land was being given out by the federal government.

• The Transcontinental Railroad made it easy to move West.

What was the land of the West like?

• It was easy to farm.

• It was overgrown with trees.

• It was similar to the land on the East coast.

• It was dry, had little rain, and had mountains in spots.

What was the purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• The railroad connected the North and South after the Civil War ended.

• The railroad allowed Native Americans to become apart of mainstream U.S. culture.

• The railroad was never completed.

• The railroad made transporting people and goods from east to west easier.

Who made the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Chinese and Irish immigrants

• Native Americans

• German and Italian Immigrants

• English and French Immigrants

Which of the following gave out free land to potential farmers out West?

• The Reservation Act

• The Homestead Act of 1862

• The Dawes Act of 1887

• The Reconstruction Acts