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