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- 1. Multiple Choice
What would be the best title for the image above?
Heading West
Dangers on the Trail
The California
Plantation Life
- 2. Multiple Choice
This event, in 1803, nearly doubled the size of the United States.
The Gadsden Purchase
The US-Mexican War
The admission of Texas
The Louisiana Purchase
- 3. Multiple Choice
Art. 5. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five States...
Art. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
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- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of these is required of a U.S. territory in order for it to become a U.S. state?
Election of a state governor
A population of 60,000 people
An established form of currency
Appointed of the first postmaster
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a-
method to purchase territory from foreign powers
procedure for military takeovers of existing countries
process through which states could be added to the Union
compromise line that prohibited slavery in the West
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
He was against removing American Indians from their native lands
He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny
He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?
Area 1
Area 2
Area 3
Area 4
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following completed U.S. land acquisitions in the 19th century?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Treaty of Ghent
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of these provides the correct labels for the trails shown on the map above?
I. Mormon
II. Oregon
III. Santa Fe
I. Oregon
II. Mormon
III. Santa Fe
I. Oregon
II. Santa Fe
III. Mormon
I. Santa Fe
II. Oregon
III. Mormon
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which shaded state was the main destination of American Indians forced to relocate as part of the Trail of Tears?
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best completes the diagram above?
Slave-holding state
Bordered by the Pacific
Formerly part of Mexico
Dependent on heavy industry
- 12. Multiple Choice
One reason California achieved statehood earlier than other territories in the American Southwest was-
a population boom related to the California gold rush
a series of terrible winters across the Rocky Mountains
a transcontinental railroad linking the East with the West
a threat of raids along the border of New Mexico Territory
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where did many Asian immigrants during the 1800s arrive to in the United States?
Alaska along the Bering Sea
California along the Pacific Ocean
Texas along the Rio Grande River
The Great Plains along the Mississippi River
- 14. Multiple Choice
One environmental consequence of westward expansion includes the-
creation of a national park system
expansion of economic opportunities
disruption of natural wildlife habitats
devastation of American Indian culture
- 15. Multiple Choice
The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid-1800s. One major difference was that western states-
relied on subsistence farming
used natural harbors for shipping
focused on mining and agriculture
traded freely with other nations
- 16. Multiple Choice
In the 1840s, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape-
a civil war between Protestants and Catholics
a famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop
a series of violent conflicts between the British and Irish governments
a series of smallpox epidemics
- 17. Multiple Choice
One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?
The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia's anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land
The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia
Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees
- 18. Multiple Choice
Early followers of the Mormon religion attempted to avoid persecution by-
migrated westward
suing in federal court
converting new immigrants
conducting worship in secret
- 19. Multiple Choice
This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from-
Italy
China
Germany
Japan
- 20. Multiple Choice
Sacagawea contributed to the Lewis and Clark expedition by-
investing the initial money to fund the trip
acting as a translator and guide for the group
journaling the adventures for newspaper articles
constructing most river ships from local materials
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