Vocab 1
A geographic line that separates two places, such as countries.
What is a boundary?
People from the East that traveled overland in wagons.
What are pioneers?
Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States should:
A. expand to the Pacific Ocean.
B. honor claims by other countries.
C. give all citizens the right to vote.
D. treat native peoples with respect.
A. expand to the Pacific Ocean.
The forty-niners traveled west for:
A. gold.
B. free land.
C. railroad jobs.
D. religious freedom.
A. gold.
What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?
A. They wanted better farmland.
B. The U.S. government forced them to move.
C. Buffalo herds led them there.
D. they formed an alliance with Mexicans.
B. The U.S. government forced them to move.
An area set aside for American Indians to live on.
What is a reservation?
A person who leaves their homeland to settle in a new country.
What is an immigrant?
The United States acquired Florida from:
A. France.
B. Great Britain.
C. Mexico.
D. Spain.
D. Spain.
What was a miner's claim?
A. the food the miner ate.
B. the tools the miner used.
C. the land the miner worked.
D. the money the miner saved.
C. the land the miner worked.
Many Americans in Texas wanted freedom from Mexico so they could:
A. get free land.
B. continue to enslave people.
C. build homes at the Alamo.
D. help the American Indians.
B. continue to enslave people.
To give up territory:
Mexico __________ territory to the United States).
What is ceded?
Huge plots of land owned by wealthy Californios.
What are ranchos?
Why did the United States want new acquisitions in the West?
A. to have closer ties with Europe.
B. to protect the natural environment.
C. to study American Indian cultures.
D. to give people from the United States more land to farm and live on.
D. to give people from the United States more land to farm and live on.
Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build:
A. Salt Lake City.
B. the Oregon Trail.
C. San Francisco Harbor.
D. the transcontinental railroad.
D. the transcontinental railroad.
Why did Mexico give up the territory called the Mexican Cession?
A. It received a large price.
B. It traded for other territory.
C. It had just lost a fierce war.
D. It did not want desert lands.
C. It had just lost a fierce war.
To obtain land:
The Louisiana Purchase was the first land __________ for the United States?
Put on oxen to attach them to the wagons that they pulled.
What is a yoke?
President Jefferson agreed to buy French land to the west so that:
A. people who had escaped slavery could not hide there.
B. American Indians would have a place to live.
C. American goods could move through New Orleans.
D. the United States would have an ally against Great Britain.
C. American goods could move through New Orleans.
DAILY DOUBLE! Which state was colonized mainly by Mormons:
A. California
B. Oregon
C. Texas
D. Utah
D. Utah
Why did Chief Joseph lead the Nez Perces toward Canada?
A. to settle on a reservation.
B. to be safe from U.S. soldiers.
C. to find rivers with more salmon.
D. to start a war against the colonists.
B. to be safe from U.S. soldiers.
A group of people sent to explore places unknown to them.
What is an expedition?
Who are missionaries?
The United States and Great Britain agreed on a boundary for the:
A. Oregon Country.
B. Mexican Cession.
C. Gadsden Purchase.
D. Louisiana Purchase.
A. Oregon Country.
Why did the owners of many ranchos in the United States speak Spanish?
A. Rich families moved to America from Spain.
B. The United States acquired the land from Mexico.
C. Colonists from the East Coast learned how to speak Spanish.
D. Immigrants came from Latin America to seek a better life.
B. The United States acquired the land from Mexico.
How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move west?
A. It paid money for their old homes.
B. It made peace with the American Indians.
C. It offered colonists cheap or free land.
D. It filled eastern cities with immigrants.
C. It offered colonists cheap or free land.