Westward Expansion Review

Question 1

Which of the following was true about the US army at the beginning of the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

It was better equipped than the Mexican army

Question 2

America’s belief that it was their obvious fate to spread west to the Pacific, was known as

Accepted Answer

manifest destiny

Question 3

The following were all trails taken by American settlers except

Accepted Answer

Khyber Trail

Question 4

Texan settlers disobeyed Mexican laws in the 1820s by

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bringing slaves with them

Question 5

Which description fits the group of people known as “forty-niners”?

Accepted Answer

gold-seekers from America/abroad who migrated to California

Question 6

What happened to California’s population as a result of the Gold Rush?

Accepted Answer

People flocked for get rich quick and stayed

Question 7

Which challenge did Mexican Americans face when American settlers poured into the Southwest?

Accepted Answer

Mexican land laws differed from US land laws

Question 8

What was able to buy the southern parts of what is now Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million?

Accepted Answer

Gadsden Purchase

Question 9

Which one of these is not a challenged faced by settlers on the Oregon Trail

Accepted Answer

Lack of supplies, Geographic Barriers like Mountains, Severe Weather, Moving family was very expensive

Question 10

When California entered the Union, it entered as what kind of state?

Accepted Answer

Free State

Question 11

How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, affect the United States?

Accepted Answer

It increased the size of the United States by almost 25%.

Question 12

How would you describe the relationship between Natives and pioneers in early days of the Trail

Accepted Answer

Natives helped pioneers by being messengers, Natives helped with river crossings, Natives helped pioneers with trading, Natives acted as guides

Question 13

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to

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seek out religious freedom

Question 14

The first Americans to travel west in the early 1800s were mainly

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Fur Trappers

Question 15

Father Hidalgo y Costilla’s rebellion in 1810

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inspired the Mexican independence movement

Question 16

Who won the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

NOT MEXICO, AMERICA, AMERICA, AMERICA

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