Manifest Destiny Exam Questions And Answers The belief that the U.S. had a divine mission to expand and spread democracy. - Answer What was Manifest Destiny? France - Answer The Country from whom the United States purchased the Louisiana Purchase? The Alamo - Answer The battle in which Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie, Willi am Travis and almost all the Texan defenders were killed? The battle of San Jacinto - Answer The decisive battle in the Texan Revoluti on won by Sam Houston? The Louisiana Purchase - Answer A land purchased in 1803 by the US from France that doubled the size of the US Sacagawea - Answer The Shoshoni wife of Charboneau and mother of Jean Bapti se, she translated and helped in the Lewis and Clark expedition? The Battle of New Orleans - Answer A decisive victory for the U.S. and Gen eral Andrew Jackson (after the official end of the war) during the War of 1812? Francis Scott Key - Answer The author of the National Anthem? The War of 1812 - Answer The war in which the Americans proved they were an equal nation on the world stage, sometimes known as the U.S. second War of Indepen dence? The Forty-niners - Answer The nickname for the first wave of gold miners to Californi a in 1849? The Indian Removal Act - Answer An act passed in 1830 it forced all Indians East of the Mississippi to leave their native lands and travel west down a "trail of t ears" to Indian Territory, in modern Oklahoma? Cause of the Mexican War - Answer A border dispute between the US and Mexico, Mexi co wanting the Nueces River as the border and the US wanting the Rio Grande as the border? The conditions for Americans to settle in Texas - Answer Must become a M exican citizen, a Catholic and not own slaves? The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Answer Treaty in which we acquired states like California, Nevada, and Utah? The affect of American victory in the Mexican War - Answer The US now stretches from sea to shining sea, the idea of Manifest Destiny flourished, and new trade routes and trails were formed? Reason for Going West - Answer 1. Lots of land 2. East Coast was crowded 3. Finding gold 4. Opportunities to get rich 5. Advances in transportation Trails to the West - Answer 1. Oregon Trail 2. Mormon Trail 3. Santa Fe Trail 4. California Trail
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