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Immigrants who came to US because of a bad government.
a) Germany
b) Ireland
c) Chinese
d)

The trail used by a religious group headed to Utah.
a) Mormon Trail
b) Oregon Trail
c) Western Trail
d)

What land did the US receive from the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a) Florida
b) Texas
c) Mexican Cession
d)

What President promised Manifest Destiny
a) Lincoln
b) Jackson
c) Polk
d)

What purchase did the U.S. make to complete the transcontinental railroad?
a) Oregon territory
b) Louisiana Purchase
c) Gadsen Purchase
d)

What territory did the U.S. receive after the American Revolution?
a) Oregon territory49th parallel
b) Northwest territory(Ohio River Valley)
c) Texas
d)

Where did the 2 major trails end?
a) East
b) West
c) South
d)

What did most Asians come to America for?
a) mine for gold
b) work on the railroad
c) avoid religious persecution
d)

What river became the southern border of the U.S.
a) Rio Grande
b) Nueces
c) Missouri
d)

How did California reach 60,000 people so fast?
a) oil boom
b) cattle business
c) Gold Rush
d)

This territory was acquired through compromise to avoid war.
a) Oregon territory
b) Mexican Cession
c) 13 colonies
d)

This piece of land was acquired from Spain through the Adams-Onis Treaty.
a) Texas
b) Florida
c) 13 colonies
d)

Why did the Irish immigrate to the U.S.
a) Potato famine
b) religious reasons
c) war
d)

What year was Texas annexed?
a) 1845
b) 1836
c) 1819
d)

How did the Mexican American War start?
a) It began over the southern border dispute
b) fight over slavery
c) It began at the Alamo
d)

a country that was annexed into the U.S. in1845.
a) Florida
b) Texas
c) Georgia
d)

What treaty ended the Mexican/American War?
a) Treaty of Paris
b) Treaty of Ghent
c) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d)

What year was the Louisiana Purchase
a) 1803
b) 1845
c) 1819
d)

a social reason for going west.
a) manifest Destiny
b) acquire land in Europe
c) freedom of religion for Mormons
d)

Political reason for westward expansion
a) cheap land
b) Spreading democracy
c) gold
d)

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