Why Did Over Landers Move West
Unit 6 Study Guide
All test questions are derived from the key terms list and the questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST.
1. What was the idea behind “Manifest Destiny?”
The idea that Americans had a God-given right to conquer and civilize North America
2. How did over landers move west?
Oregon Trail
3. Explain the reasons that motivated people to move west.
• Indian Removal Act
• Homestead Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Mining Frontier
• Farming Frontier
• Manifest Destiny
• Tech advancements
• Mormon migration
• East conditions of life
• California Gold Rush
• Age of Gold
• Cumberland Road
• Transcontinental telegraph system
• Railroads
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Manifest Destiny
4. Describe …show more content…
This party wanted to keep the west for the whites and did not want to compete with slaves for jobs
22. Describe what happened in the California Gold Rush.
Gold was discovered in 1848 and over 80,000 49ers rushed to California. Boomtowns, which were rapidly growing towns, sprung up at mining cites
23. Describe the experience of Asian immigrants during the California Gold Rush.
They experienced strong nativism
24. How did the California Gold Rush relate to the issue of slavery?
California grew so fast that it requested to become a free state. The South was angry because this would upset the free/slave state balance
25. What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
This determined the status of the land from the Mexican Cession, including California
26. How did the Compromise of 1850 benefit the North? The South?
North received - California became a free state. South received - a stronger Fugitive Slave Act to catch runways in the north.
27. How did the Fugitive Slave Act create more sectional tension in the United States?
Many northern who had been indifferent toward slavery began to hate it because they were being forced to help catch runaway
All test questions are derived from the key terms list and the questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST.
1. What was the idea behind “Manifest Destiny?”
The idea that Americans had a God-given right to conquer and civilize North America
2. How did over landers move west?
Oregon Trail
3. Explain the reasons that motivated people to move west.
• Indian Removal Act
• Homestead Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Mining Frontier
• Farming Frontier
• Manifest Destiny
• Tech advancements
• Mormon migration
• East conditions of life
• California Gold Rush
• Age of Gold
• Cumberland Road
• Transcontinental telegraph system
• Railroads
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Manifest Destiny
4. Describe …show more content…
This party wanted to keep the west for the whites and did not want to compete with slaves for jobs
22. Describe what happened in the California Gold Rush.
Gold was discovered in 1848 and over 80,000 49ers rushed to California. Boomtowns, which were rapidly growing towns, sprung up at mining cites
23. Describe the experience of Asian immigrants during the California Gold Rush.
They experienced strong nativism
24. How did the California Gold Rush relate to the issue of slavery?
California grew so fast that it requested to become a free state. The South was angry because this would upset the free/slave state balance
25. What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
This determined the status of the land from the Mexican Cession, including California
26. How did the Compromise of 1850 benefit the North? The South?
North received - California became a free state. South received - a stronger Fugitive Slave Act to catch runways in the north.
27. How did the Fugitive Slave Act create more sectional tension in the United States?
Many northern who had been indifferent toward slavery began to hate it because they were being forced to help catch runaway