In 1860, nearly 3,000 Chinese lived in Chinatown, a large ...

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Question 1

Justify American westward expansion in the 1840s.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Discuss the status of foreign claims and possessions in the trans-Mississippi West from 1811 to 1840. Trace the development of American interests in the region during this era.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

In 1880, the California legislature passed a law banning intermarriage between a white person and an Asian person.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 4

As late as 1880, most large western cities counted more women than men.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 5

In 1860, nearly 3,000 Chinese lived in Chinatown, a large district in San Francisco.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Answer 1

Answer: The phrase Manifest Destiny signified the conviction that the superior institutions and culture of the United States gave Americans a God-given right, even an obligation, to spread their civilization across the entire continent. This sense of uniqueness and mission was a legacy of early Puritan utopianism, the republicanism of the Revolutionary Era, and seemingly evidenced by economic and political success. Americans felt westward expansion would extend opportunities and stability to more peoples across a wider domain.

Answer 2

Answer: The region from the Louisiana Territory to the Rocky Mountains in the North and across the continent to California in the South belonged first to Spain and, after 1821, to an independent Mexico. North of California to Alaska was the Oregon Territory, jointly occupied by the United States and Britain. As early as 1811, the fur trade attracted Americans to Oregon. In the Southwest, Americans traded along the Santa Fe Trail in 1821 to New Mexico and moved into Texas for cotton planting during the 1820s. Some American merchants and traders also settled in California during the 1820s and 1830s.

Answer 3

Answer: TRUE

Answer 4

Answer: FALSE

Answer 5

Answer: TRUE