USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Question 8: Homesteading laws were designed to attract which of the following groups? Farmers. Question 9: Which of the following states joined the Union after 1850?

Detailed explanation-2: -In what way did mountain men and trappers prepare the West for settlement? They mapped trails and helped build forts. What can you infer about the way Mormons were treated in the East? They were an unpopular minority group.

Detailed explanation-3: -The goal was to encourage settlement, solidify Union control of the trans-Mississippi West, and further marginalize the physical and cultural presence of tribes native to the West.

Detailed explanation-4: -A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s. It was intensified by the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise. Pioneers traveled to Oregon and California using a network of trails leading west.

Detailed explanation-5: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America. The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population.