Manifest Destiny
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- Q1What group of Americans sought religious freedom in the West?MormonsNative AmericansCatholicsmountain men30s
- Q2By what route did hundreds of farmers and missionaries travel to the Far West?the California Gold Rushthe Mexican Cessionthe Oregon Trailthe Trail of Tears30s
- Q3What did people call rugged fur traders and explorers like Jedediah Smith and Jim Beckwourth?Mormonsmountain menNative Americansimmigrants30s
- Q4Who commanded the Texas army and was president of the Texas Republic?Santa AnnaLone Star RepublicMoses AustinSam Houston30s
- Q5What nickname did Texans adopt for Texas after they declared it to be an independent nation?CaliforniaGod's CountryLone Star RepublicTexarkana30s
- Q6What phrase did Americans use to explain their expansion westward?Mexican Cessionthe California Gold Rushthe Oregon TrailManifest Destiny30s
- Q7What was the land called that the United States acquired from Mexico?the Lone Star RepublicMexican Cessionthe Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoManifest Destiny30s
- Q8What group mostly populated California before the forty-niners arrived?Gold MinersSettlersMormonsNative Americans30s
- Q9What did James Marshallís discovery set off?the California Gold RushMexican CessionManifest Destinythe Lone Star Republic30s
- Q10What agreement marked the end of the War with Mexico?the California Gold Rushthe Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgothe Mexican Cessionthe Treaty of Paris30s
- Q11Which trail to the West was the longest?Sante Fe TrailCalifornia TrailMormon Trailthe Oregon Trail30s
- Q12What town was the starting point for both the Oregon Trail and the Sante Fe Trail?Sacramento, CaliforniaIndependence, MissouriNauvoo, IllinoisSante Fe, New Mexico30s
- Q13Where did the Oregon Trail end?Fort VancouverSacramentoSalt Lake CityFort Hall30s
- Q14Which of the following Native American tribes would a settler be unlikely to encounter on the Sante Fe Trail?CherokeeSeminoleBlackfootChickasaw30s
- Q15Which two trails used the South Pass?Oregon and MormonOld Spanish and CaliforniaCalifornia and OregonMormon and Santa Fe30s
