US History 8th Unit 07 Westward Expansion STAAR

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the American belief to own land to the Pacific Ocean?

Manifest Destiny

Northwest Ordinance

Louisiana Purchase

Adams Onis Treaty

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What turned territories into states?

Manifest Destiny

Northwest Ordinance

Louisiana Purchase

Adams Onis Treaty

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Lewis and Clark explore?

Manifest Destiny

Northwest Ordinance

Louisiana Purchase

Adams Onis Treaty

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

What happened in 1849?

California Gold Rush

North West Ordinance passed

Thoreau was jailed by the IRS

Texas joined the Union

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What cost 10 Million dollars and was acquired for a Railroad?

Louisiana Purchase

Mexican Cession

Florida Territory

Gadsden Purchase

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Which trail did Brigham Young establish to Utah?

Mormon Trail

Oregon Trail

Santa Fe Trail

California Trail

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which trail was the earliest route to the Pacific?

Mormon Trail

Oregon Trail

Santa Fe Trail

California Trail

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which trail opened trade routes in the Southwest?

Mormon Trail

Oregon Trail

Santa Fe Trail

California Trail

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which trail was the main route for gold miners?

Mormon Trail

Oregon Trail

Santa Fe Trail

California Trail

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Persecution

to gain land

To punish for no reason

$$$ Money

To add territory

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Expansion

to gain land

To punish for no reason

$$$ Money

to non-violently protest the government

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Economic

$$$ Money

To add territory

The people decide

Group of people moving

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Annexation

$$$ Money

To add territory

The people decide

Group of people moving

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Popular Sovereignty

$$$ Money

To add territory

The people decide

Group of people moving

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Settlement Pattern

$$$ Money

To add territory

The people decide

Group of people moving

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Civil Disobedience

To punish for no reason

to non-violently protest the government

To add territory

Group of people moving

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