Chapter 14 Manifest Destiny   1. The United States based its claim to the Oregon Country on all the following events EXCEPT the ____________     A) fur-trading outpost of Astoria.     B) expedition of George Vancouver.     C) voyages of Robert Gray.     D) explorations of Lewis and Clark.   2. After 1825, the United States shared its claim to Oregon with ____________     A) France.     B) Russia.     C) Spain.     D) Great Britain.   3. The people who took jobs for the fur-trading companies in the Oregon Country were known as ____________     A) artisans.     B) camp keepers.     C) mountain men .     D) miners.   4. Fur trappers in the Oregon Country helped settle the West by ____________     A) designing lightweight wagons called prairie schooners.     B) surveying paths followed by wagon trains.     C) meeting every summer with traders from Missouri.     D) creating the fashion demand for beaver hats.   5. The United States acquired the Oregon Country by ____________     A) reacing an agreement with Britain.     B) driving out the British with military force.     C) purchasing the territory from Britain.     D) purchasing the territory from Russia.   6. In the early 1800s, the Spanish and Mexican governments set up the empresario system to ____________     A) suspend the constitution of Mexico.     B) attract settlers to Texas.     C) keep peace between the Comanche and Apache.     D) enforce Mexican laws.   7. Mexico issued land grants along the Brazos and Colorado Rivers to ____________     A) Davy Crockett.     B) William Travis.     C) Jim Bowie.     D) Stephen F. Austin.   8. Mexico asked Texas land grant settlers to do all the following EXCEPT ____________     A) accept the Roman Catholic faith.     B) help Mexico win its independence from Spain.     C) obey Mexican laws.     D) become citizens of Mexico.   9. The American general who captured Mexico City in 1847 in the Mexican War was ____________     A) John C. Frémont.     B) Zachary Taylor.     C) Winfield Scott.     D) Stephen Kearny.   10. After leaving Santa Fe early in the Mexican War, General Stephen Kearny marched his troops to ____________     A) Texas.     B) Mexico City.     C) California.     D) Oregon.   11. The western territory the United States gained as a result of the Mexican War was called ____________     A) Monterrey.     B) the Mexican Cession.     C) Guadalupe Hidalgo.     D) the Bear Flag Republic.   12. Americans completed their expansion across the continent with the ____________     A) Gadsden Purchase.     B) taking of California.     C) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.     D) Texas annexation.   13. Gold was discovered in northern California at a sawmill owned by ____________     A) Biddy Mason.     B) John Sutter.     C) John Marshall.     D) Brigham Young.   14. The gold seekers who streamed into California became known as ____________     A) Gold Bugs.     B) Panhandlers.     C) Forty-niners.     D) Overalnders.   15. Gold seekers traveling overland to California used all the following routes EXCEPT the ____________     A) Mormon Trail.     B) Isthmus of Panama.     C) Oregon Trail.     D) California Trail.