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Westward Expansion 1
Test Description: Review for the Westward Expansion Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What statement BEST explains why California developed a diverse population?
A
Gold seekers came from all over the world and became permanent residents
B
State laws banning racial discrimination attracted many African Americans
C
Many English-speaking settlers migrated there from eastern states.
D
Many Chinese people migrated there to work on the railroad
2) President of the United States during the Mexican American War
A
James K. Polk
B
William Henry Harrison
C
John Tyler
D
Andrew Jackson
3) Led the Mormons into Utah
A
Thomas Whitman
B
Brigham Young
C
Joseph Smith
D
John Denver
4) Meeting where trappers would meet to exchange furs and other goods
A
Commodities market
B
Boarding House
C
Rendezvous
D
Market house
5) One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation would
A
Begin a war with Mexico
B
Give more power to those states that supported slavery
C
Offered little value to the United States
D
Cost of the annexation
6) As a result of the treaty ending the war, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. This is known as the
A
Mexican Purchase
B
Mexican Cession
C
Annexation Clause
D
Wilmot Proviso
7) President and Dictator of Mexico
A
Samuel Chavev
B
Santa Anna
C
Vicente Fox
D
Simon Bolivar
8) What country did Mexico win its indepedence from
A
Portugal
B
Brazil
C
Spain
D
Italy
9) Term for fur trappers of the Northwest
A
Fur Loggers
B
86ers
C
Mountain Men
D
Pioneers
10) Land that forms the farthest extent of a nations settled regions
A
Outback
B
Borders
C
Hinterland
D
Frontier
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