The Civil War and Reconstruction (1844-1877)

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

Belief of many Americans that told them to expand westward and extend its power in the Western Hhemisphere.

Question 2

John O’Sullivan

Answer 2

Coined Manifest Destiny in a newspaper column in 1845.

Question 3

Oregon Trail

Answer 3

2000 mile route from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest.

Question 4

Santa Fe Trail

Answer 4

Missouri to New Mexico route.

Question 5

California Trail

Answer 5

Branch from the Oregon Trail.

Question 6

Donner Party

Answer 6

1846-47. It was a wagon train of 87 bound for California. They became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Only 48 survived, with some resorting to cannibalism. It was used to highlight the dangerous of the Trails, but Historians note that death rates on these trails were only slightly higher than for Americans in general at the time.