Manifest Destiny Studyguide

Question 1

What is individualism ?

Answer 1

Self reliant; independent

Question 2

Where did both the Santa Fe trail and Oregon trail begin?

Answer 2

Independence, Missouri

Question 3

What did mountain men do in the wilderness?

Answer 3

trapped small animals for fur

Question 4

By 1860, how many people had settled in Oregon?

Answer 4

52,000

Question 5

What increased the pioneer’s fear of Native American attacks?

Answer 5

fiction about the West that exaggerated most accounts

Question 6

What best describes the idea that the United States was meant to overspread and possess the whole of the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

Answer 6

Manifest Destiny

Question 7

Which term best represents people moving to a new and unfamiliar land?

Answer 7

Pioneers

Question 8

How did Pioneers move West?

Answer 8

Wagon trains

Question 9

What are presidios?

Answer 9

military settlements

Question 10

After Mexico won its Independence from Spain, who brought 300 American families into Tejas (Texas) with Mexico’s permission?

Answer 10

Stephen Austin

Question 11

Who helped defend the Alamo in March of 1836?

Answer 11

Davy Crockett

Question 12

What was the Alamo?

Answer 12

a mission

Question 13

Who were the tejanos?

Answer 13

Texas settlers of Mexican or Spanish descent

Question 14

What led to the Texas war for independence?

Answer 14

Mexicans demand Texans become Catholic
demands by Texans to increase slavery
Mexican rejection of Texas statehood
Increasing numbers of Americans in Texas

Question 15

Who was the victor at the battle of San Jacinto?

Answer 15

Sam Houston

Question 16

After Texas won its independence, Texas was called ?

Answer 16

Lone Star Republic

Question 17

Why did some Americans reject Texas joining the United States?

Answer 17

would increase the number of slave states

Question 18

What did President Polk firmly support?

Answer 18

Manifest Destiny

Question 19

How much did the United States offer Mexico to buy Texas and California in 1845?

Answer 19

$25 million

Question 20

When did the Mexican-American war start?

Answer 20

May 13, 1846

Question 21

Who opposed the Mexican-American war?

Answer 21

Abraham Lincoln

Question 22

Which state is associated with the Bear Flag Revolt?

Answer 22

California

Question 23

Which present day state was involved in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Answer 23

Utah

Question 24

Which event happened after the Mexican-American war ended?

Answer 24

The U.S. stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Question 25

Which river became the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

Answer 25

Rio Grande River

Question 26

Why was the Gadsden Purchase important?

Answer 26

added territory for a railroad

Question 27

Describe the Battle of the Alamo

Answer 27

Texans lost defending a mission against the Mexicans

Question 28

Describe the Battle of San Jacinto

Answer 28

The Americans won with Sam Houston

Question 29

What was the Bear Flag Revolution?

Answer 29

Americans in California rebel against Mexico’s rule

Question 30

What states were part of the Mexican Cession, give 3

Answer 30

California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, parts of Wyoming

Question 31

What famous frontiersman helped defend the Alamo?

Answer 31

Davy Crockett

Question 32

What was the large piece of land called we won in the War with Mexico?

Answer 32

Mexican Cession