Chapter 13: Manifest Destiny 1810-1853 Name This ... - InforMNs

8. Using the map on page 379, identify the starting and finishing points of theOregon Trail.9. Using the map on page 379, identify the starting and finishing points of theMormon Trail.10. At the time that the Santa Fe Trail opened, Santa Fe wasn't yet a part of theUnited States. Locate and list the country that Santa Fe was a part of in 1850.11. When Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821, trade between Mexicoand the United States changed. Assess how trade changed between the twocountries.12. The religious group known as the Mormons, also called the Church of JesusChrist of Later Day Saints, was started in New York in 1830 and then movedthemselves to Illinois. Many people didn't like the Mormons. Name one thingthat many people disliked about the Mormons.13. People so hated the Mormons, that a group of people killed the Mormon leaderJoseph Smith. The next leader Brigham Young led the Mormons out of Illinoiswestward and settled in what present day state?14. (6 points) Identify and list three groups that went west. Explain the reasons foreach group moving west.

SECTION 1 MAP SKILLS: Answer the following questions based on the map below.Use complete sentences when appropriate.15. If a wagon train left Fort Hall, to which two destinations might it be headed?16. Which two trails used the South Pass?17. What geographic reason explains why the Oregon and Mormon trailsoverlapped?A. To use water from the Mississippi RiverB. To avoid the hostile Pawnee IndiansC. To use the South Pass through the RockyD. To avoid the Great Plains