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5th -
8thgrade
US History 8th Unit 07 Westward Expansion STAAR
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the American belief to own land to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Adams Onis Treaty
- 2. Multiple Choice
What turned territories into states?
Manifest Destiny
Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Adams Onis Treaty
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did Lewis and Clark explore?
Manifest Destiny
Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Adams Onis Treaty
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was obtained from Great Britain in 1846 (Border Dispute) 54-40 or Fight!?
Oregon Country
Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Adams Onis Treaty
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did many northerners oppose the Mexican War?
Another slave state would be added
He refused to pay his taxes
California Gold Rush
Violated North West Ordinance
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did many northerners oppose the Mexican War?
The Oregon Territory conflict
Another slave state would be added
It stopped Manifest Destiny
It violated the Missouri Compromise
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau protest the Mexican War?
He joined the Army and refused to fight
He wrote anti-war pamphlets
He attended rallies with Frederick Douglas
He refused to pay his taxes
- 8. Multiple Choice
What started the Mexican War?
The Louisiana Purchase
Border dispute with Mexico (Rio Grande v. the Nueces Rivers)
The Adams Onis Treaty
California Gold Rush
- 9. Multiple Choice
What ended the Mexican American war also known as the Mexican Cession?
Treaty of Velasco
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 10. Multiple Choice
What happened in 1849?
California Gold Rush
North West Ordinance passed
Thoreau was jailed by the IRS
Texas joined the Union
- 11. Multiple Choice
What cost 10 Million dollars and was acquired for a Railroad?
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Florida Territory
Gadsden Purchase
- 12. Multiple Choice
Economic reasons for manifest destiny
business opportunities, new farm lands, & opening new trade markets
Tariff of Abominations
Closing of the National Bank
The opening of the 2nd National Bank
- 13. Multiple Choice
What came out of the Compromise of 1850?
Indian Removal Act
South gets the Fugitive Slave Act(Laws) and the North gets California
Texas became a slave state
Access to the Oregon Trail
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which trail did Brigham Young establish to Utah?
Mormon Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which trail was the earliest route to the Pacific?
Mormon Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which trail opened trade routes in the Southwest?
Mormon Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which trail was the main route for gold miners?
Mormon Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was the first to connect the East and West coast mainly built by Chinese laborer?
Erie Canal
Subcontinental Coastal Underpass
Transcontinental Rail Road
Panama Canal
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why did Brigham Young lead the Mormons to Utah?
They were being persecuted in the east
To punish for no reason
to non-violently protest the government
Group of people moving
- 20. Multiple Choice
Persecution
to gain land
To punish for no reason
$$ Money
To add territory
- 21. Multiple Choice
Expansion
to gain land
To punish for no reason
$$ Money
to non-violently protest the government
- 22. Multiple Choice
Economic
$$ Money
To add territory
The people decide
Group of people moving
- 23. Multiple Choice
Annexation
$$ Money
To add territory
The people decide
Group of people moving
- 24. Multiple Choice
Popular Sovereignty
$$ Money
To add territory
The people decide
Group of people moving
- 25. Multiple Choice
Settlement Pattern
$$ Money
To add territory
The people decide
Group of people moving
- 26. Multiple Choice
Civil Disobedience
To punish for no reason
to non-violently protest the government
To add territory
Group of people moving
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