Unit 12 Test

Question 1

Americans used the phrase “___” for the idea that America should expand all the way to the ___ Ocean.

Answer 1

Manifest Destiny; Pacific

Question 2

We call the war that began on May 13, 1846 the ___ War. Opponents called it Mr. ___ War.

Answer 2

Mexican; Pok’s

Question 3

In the 1830s and 1840s, the best route across the Rocky Mountains was the ___.

Answer 3

Oregan Trail

Question 4

A ___ had wooden wheels and a covering of double thick cotton.

Answer 4

prairie schooner

Question 5

___were missionaries among the ___ Nation.

Answer 5

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman; Cayuse

Question 6

___ left money in his will to start an institution to “increase and diffuse knowledge among men.”

Answer 6

James Smithson

Question 7

Enslaved people escaped to Canada over the ___ Suspension Bridge.

Answer 7

Niagara Falls

Question 8

Horseshoe Falls is in ___.

Answer 8

Canada

Question 9

Birds of America included 435 life-size __.

Answer 9

engravings

Question 10

The artist who completed Birds of America was ___.

Answer 10

Audubon.