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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?“I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty.”“I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland. . . .”“What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness. . . .”“There is no failure in the potato crop. . . .”
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order toobey the Book of Mormonprosper in the fur tradeseek out religious freedomgold
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819?Florida PurchaseThirteen ColoniesMexican CessionOregon County
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture?Florida PurchaseThirteen ColoniesMexican CessionOregon County
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture?Florida PurchaseThirteen ColoniesMexican CessionOregon County
- 7. Multiple ChoiceLand purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size.Texas AnnexationLouisiana PurchaseNorthwest TerritoryMexican Cession
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?Manifest destinyMonroe DoctrineGreat AwakeningLouisiana Purchase
- 9. Multiple Choice
What piece of land was purchased in 1853 in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?
Mexican Cession/Trails
Louisiana Territory/Canals
transcontinental/Oregon Country
Gadsden Purchase/Railroad
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe primary goal of manifest destiny wasEnd slavery in the new territoriesremoval of European influence from South Americaexpansion westward to the Pacific Oceansecession of southern states from the nation
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which document had these characteristics in the image?
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Northwest Ordinance
- 12. Multiple Choice
In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?
a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory
issues arising over the boundaries of Texas (border dispute)
the discovery of gold in California
the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it —
more than doubled the size of the United States
established a method for admitting new states to the Union
encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution
- 14. Multiple Choice
Before becoming part of the US this territory was claimed by
Spain
France
Britain
- 15. Multiple Choice
With the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the US Mexican War what did the US acquire?
mineral rights to gold in California
the Louisiana Territory
several territories from Mexico
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of these would be an Economic Motive For Manifest Destiny Policies?
New Markets, inexpensive farmland, gold
religious persecution, spreading faith
security and spreading of democracy
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the main reason Chinese immigrants came to America?
to experience the wagon trail
to search for Gold in California
to help America fight Mexico
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