Westward Expansion Assesment

Question 1

Causes of Westward Expansion

Answer 1

Manifest Destiny- the belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across the continent.

Economic:
-gold rush
-farming, fishing & fur trade

Religious:
-Mormons
-Missionaries

Rugged Individualism
-risk takers, profit seekers, adventure seekers

Question 2

Effects of Westward Expansion

Answer 2

Texas

Oregon Cession

Utah

California

Diversity

Sectionalism

Question 3

What was Manifest Destiny

Answer 3

The belief that the U.S. should expand across the continent

Question 4

Cede definition

Answer 4

to give

Question 5

Annex definition

Answer 5

to add

Question 6

What was Sectionalism

Answer 6

division between regions based on economic, geographic & cultural

Question 7

Diversity

Answer 7

blending of cultures

Question 8

Missionaries

Answer 8

sent out west to convert Natives to Christianity

Question 9

Missionaries

Answer 9

sent out west to convert Natives to Christianity

Question 10

What were 49ers

Answer 10

people who went out to California in search of gold; from Australia, China, Latin America, Europe and the east coast of U.S.

Question 11

Ghost towns

Answer 11

Towns abandoned after the gold “ran out”

Question 12

Boom towns

Answer 12

Towns that quickly became populated b/c of the gold rush

Question 13

Which president annexed Texas

Answer 13

James Knox Polk

Question 14

Who led the Mormons to Utah

Answer 14

Brigham Young

Question 15

Who’s estate was gold found on in California

Answer 15

John Sutter

Question 16

Sent west to convert Natives to Christianity

Answer 16

Missionaries

Question 17

I coined (invented) the term “Manifest Destiny”

Answer 17

John O’Sullivan

Question 18

What political factor intensified as “Manifest Destiny” (territorial expansion) greatened

Answer 18

Sectionalism
North vs. South
free states vs. Slave states

Question 19

Texas

Answer 19

-Mexican American War- helped Texas gain independence

-Annexed to U.S.

-acquired Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Colorado & parts of Wyoming (Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo)

-number of American settlers outnumbered the native Texans living in Texas; desire to be under U.S. control/protection was great

Question 20

Oregon Cession

Answer 20

-Oregon trail - thousands of settlers moving west in covered wagons

-Treaty between U.S & Britain along the 49th Parallel

Question 21

Utah

Answer 21

-Acquired from Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

-Mormons first settled there for religious freedom, led by Brigham Young

Question 22

California

Answer 22

-1849 Gold rush (discovered on Sutter’s estate)

-Boom towns rapidly grew because of prospectors (people who were looking to get rich)

-When gold ran out, boom towns turned into ghost towns

-Mostly young Chinese & European immigrants, people from Australia, Mexico, and the east coast

-When the gold “ran out”- people turned to farming, ranching, trading, and also set up businesses to sell food & supplies to miners.

Question 23

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Answer 23

Ended Mexican-American war between U.S. and Mexico, as well as helped the U.S. gain vast land from the treaty.