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4. 1 What does the phrase Manifest Destiny mean?

5. 1 Home The belief that God intended for Americans to extend their boundaries westward all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

6. 2 Who was Brigham Young?

7. 2 A Mormon leader who led thousands of Mormons to Utah due to religious persecution. Home

8. 3 If you were traveling the Oregon Trail what problems would you have encountered along the way?

9. 3 disease, difficult geographical features, Indian attacks, death, and famine. Home

10. 4 Who were the forty-niners?

11. 4 Migrants who traveled to California in 1849 with the hopes of finding gold.

12. 5 How did the United States win the Mexican War?

13. 5 By invading Mexico and laying siege to Mexico City.

14. 6 A route to Oregon Country

15. 6 The Oregon Trail

16. 7 What was James L. Polk's political platform?

17. 7 Annexation of Texas

18. 8 Who were the mountain men?

19. 8 Fur Trappers

20. 9 Who were the first European settlers in California?

21. 9 Spanish Priests and Soldiers Home