American History QUESTION 1 What is the name given to the group of immigrants wh

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American History

QUESTION 1

What is the name given to the group of immigrants who, misguided by Lansford Hastings' promotional literature, became stranded in the Sierra mountains from October 1846-April 1847?

Cook's Party

Donner Party

Hastings' Party

The 49ers

QUESTION 2

How many Americans had migrated to Oregon by the end of 1844?

Fewer than 500

5,000

50,000

500,000

QUESTION 3

Joseph Smith successfully led members of the Church of Latter Day Saints out of Illinois and to Utah.

True

False

QUESTION 4

James K. Polk coined the phrase "mainfest destiny" in his inagural speech in 1845.

True

False

QUESTION 5

What party resisted territorial expansion, in favor of working to improve and perfect the existing territories of the United States?

Jacksonian Democrats

Whig Party

Cook's Party

Donner Party

Hastings' Party

The 49ers

Explanation / Answer

1. The Donner Party

Donner party was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who started out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a sequence of mishaps and mistakes, they spent the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.

2.

50,000

migration of thousands of American families

3. True

4.False

Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny in 1845 .

5. Jacksonian Democrats

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