True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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Immigrants came to the United States looking for more freedom.
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It was easier to travel by boat in the eastern part of Indian Territory.
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Some people traveled to California by going around the tip of South America
because it took less time than the overland route across the continent.
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The railroad surveys provided an excellent picture of the western United States
in the 1850s.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which statement best reflects the concept of manifest destiny?
A) | The United States welcomed people from all nations. | B) | The United States
was destined to become a world power. | C) | The United States was destined to spread from
Atlantic to Pacific. | D) | Americans were a “chosen people”
whose population should multiply. |
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According to the map, what was the last territorial acquisition in the
contiguous states of the United States?
A) | Gadsden Purchase | B) | Mexican Cession | C) | Oregon
Territory | D) | Texas Annexation |
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According to the map, how many present-day states were entirely or partly
located in the Mexican Cession?
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Which condition did NOT contribute to Manifest Destiny’s becoming a
reality:
A) | economic downfalls | B) | the desire for cheap land | C) | the search for
freedom of religion | D) | overcrowded conditions in the
East |
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Which condition did NOT contribute to tension between Mexico and the United
States in the 1840s?
A) | disputed borders | B) | revolts in California | C) | annexation of
Texas | D) | relocation of American Indians |
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Where did the Santa Fe Trail begin?
A) | Fort Smith, Oklahoma | B) | Independence, Missouri | C) | St. Louis,
Missouri | D) | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Which route of the Santa Fe Trail ran through the Oklahoma Panhandle?
A) | California Route | B) | Cherokee Route | C) | Cimarron
Route | D) | Vinita Route |
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Who was commissioned to survey the Santa Fe Trail?
A) | William Becknell | B) | Benjamin Booneville | C) | Randolph
Marcy | D) | George Sibley |
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Which location did the Osage Trace bypass?
A) | Kingfisher | B) | Perryville | C) | Salina | D) | Vinita |
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Which statement best explains the effect the westward movement had on
other states?
A) | It drained states of people and money. | B) | It created a better system of
transportation. | C) | It ridded the states of undesirable residents. | D) | It increased the
amount of money the states made. |
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Who directed a survey of a proposed railroad route from Memphis to the Pacific
Ocean?
A) | Jefferson Davis | B) | Lewis Evans | C) | George
Sibley | D) | Amie Whipple |
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Matching
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Match the person with the phrase that describes each. A) | William Becknell | F) | Josiah Gregg | B) | Benjamin Booneville | G) | Randolph Marcy | C) | John
Butterfield | H) | John L.
O’Sullivan | D) | Jefferson Davis | I) | James K. Polk | E) | Lewis Evans | J) | George Sibley |
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coined the phrase manifest destiny
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authorized by Congress to survey the Santa Fe Trail
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led an expedition along what became the California Road
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President of the United States when Texas became a state
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wrote The Commerce of the Prairie
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