Manifest Destiny
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- Q11.) What is Manifest Destiny?a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidatea widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North Americaa policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countriesthe operation or planning of economic and foreign policy on a global basis30s
- Q2Which US President 1845-1849 expanded America based on the ideal of Manifest Destiny?Abraham LincolnAndrew JacksonZachary TaylorJames Polk30s
- Q3What state did not make up Oregon Country in the early 1800’s?MontanaCaliforniaOregonWashington30s
- Q4What nation laid claim to Oregon Country in the early 1800’s?ChinaItalyFranceRussia30s
- Q5What American-Spanish Treaty set the limits of their territory, which is now California's northern border?Adams-Onis TreatyFranklin-Marshall TreatyTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoTreaty of Versailles30s
- Q6How did mountain men make a living in the Rocky Mountains.climbing mountainshunting buffalotrapping beavermining for gold30s
- Q7The first large-scale migration in 1843 to Oregon Country left from which state/city?Independence, MissouriLexington, KentuckyIndianapolis, IndianaNew Orleans, Louisiana30s
- Q8Approximately how long was the Oregon Trail and how many months did it take to complete?2,000 miles and six months3,000 miles and seven months1,000 miles and five months4,000 miles and eight months30s
- Q9What was a leading cause of death on the Oregon trail?Attacks from Native AmericansDiseaseCannibalismStampedes30s
- Q10Most pioneers settled in this fertile valley south of the Columbia River?Red River ValleyNew River ValleySusquehanna ValleyWillamette Valley30s