US Population Distribution Quiz

Predominantly European settlers migrated across the Atlantic Ocean.

Coastal communities clinging to the Pacific Shoreline from California in the South to Washington state in the North.

Immediately following the attainment of independence from Britain in the late 18th century.

<p>The Cumberland Gap.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Treaty of Paris of 1783.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Manifest Destiny was the belief that Americans were destined by God to expand and settle westward to the Pacific Ocean, asserting a divine right to claim Mexican and Indian lands. It influenced mass migration west due to the perceived abundance of land, economic opportunities, and social freedoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States, provided an expansive new territory open for settlement, leading to mass migration westward in search of new homes, farms, freedom, and wealth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Americans migrated west for reasons including the abundance of land, economic mobility due to recessions and debt back east, and social freedoms such as religious freedom in the open western frontier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some of the famous trails for westward migration included the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, and the California Trail. These trails connected various regions, such as the Midwest to the West and the Southwest to California.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory effectively doubled the size of the United States as it existed in 1783, accounting for one third of the total continent of the United States and providing vast new opportunities for settlement and expansion.</p> Signup and view all the answers