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1) It was our right and duty to take land all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans was known as
A
Push for the west
B
Louisiana Purchase
C
California Gold Rush
D
Manifest Destiny
2) In 1853 the U.S. paind $10 million to Mexico was a piece of land that was to be used for the trans-continental railroad. What was it known as?
A
Gasden Purchase
B
Oregon Trail
C
Texas Expansion
D
Louisiana Purchase
3) One of the main causes of the Mexican-American Wars was the annexation of what area?
A
Mormon Trail
B
Gasden Purchase
C
Manifest Destiny
D
Texas
4) Americans traveled along what trail as they headed southwest to trade goods with Mexican merchants and to move cattle?
A
Oregon
B
Mormon
C
Sante Fe
D
California
5) Which is a way the pioneers could gain economically by traveling west?
A
selling crops
B
building houses
C
owning their own farms
D
selling new technology items
6) Searching for religious freedoms what group traveled west and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah?
A
Catholics
B
Puritans
C
Pilgrims
D
Mormons
7) A diverse population settled on the West Coast during the middle 1800's because
A
religious freedoms
B
gold rush
C
more freedoms
D
new technology
8) Who was known as the Manifest Destiny president?
A
Polk
B
Jefferson
C
Washington
D
Monroe
9) Gold was discovered where in California
A
Rio River
B
San Diego
C
Sutters Mill
D
Los Angelos
10) Treaty of Gualdalupe Hildalgo resulted in what new territory for the US?
A
Louisiana Purchase
B
new frontier
C
Mexican Cession
D
Gadsen Purchase
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