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Westward Expansion
Test Description: Westward Expansion, James K. Polk, Manifest Destiny
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did white settlers drastically change the frontier?
A
building plantations
B
built many factories
C
shooting the buffalo along rail lines
D
brought technology to the West
2) Why were the Chinese pulled to America?
A
Manifest Destiny
B
potato famine
C
natural resource - gold
D
natural resource - oil
3) What is the Northwest Ordinance?
A
the King's counsel
B
farmers were rebelling in Massachusettes
C
an invisible line at the App. Mts
D
a process to add states into the Union
4) Why were settlers PUSHED out West during the time of Manifest Destiny?
A
economic depression
B
foreign trade
C
inexpensive land
D
gold
5) Why were settlers PULLED out West during the time of Manifest Destiny?
A
inexpensive land
B
economic depression
C
oil
D
potato famine
6) California and Florida were once owned by which country?
A
China
B
France
C
Ireland
D
Spain
7) Which political party wanted to make Manifest Destiny an official government policy?
A
Federalists
B
Anti-Federalists
C
Republicans
D
Democrats
8) Which statement would be said by an advocate of Manifest Destiny?
A
The land here is fine, there is no need to move.
B
I believe we should occupy all of North America.
C
I believe slavery should not spread.
D
It is awful what is happening to the Natives.
9) Which treaty created peace among the U.S. and Mexico?
A
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B
Mexico and America Treaty
C
Treaty of Paris
D
Treaty of the Natives
10) What goal was complete after the Oregon Treaty?
A
France needs to give up all its land in North America
B
Spain will surrender California
C
The war with Mexico was complete
D
westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean
11) The U.S. negOtiated with Great Britain for which land acquisition?
A
Louisiana Purchase
B
Northwest Territory
C
Spanish Florida
D
Oregon Territory
12) Which land acquisition did the U.S. get from Spain in 1819?
A
Oregon
B
Louisiana
C
Gadsden Purchase
D
Florida
13) What is going to upset Mexico and lead to the U.S.-Mexican War?
A
Oregon Treaty
B
Annexation of Texas
C
Louisiana Purchase
D
purchase of Gadsden
14) After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which land acquisition was still foreign territory?
A
Texas
B
Gadsden Purchase
C
Louisiana Purchase
D
Florida
15) Texas and California have what in common?
A
British goods were loved
B
The government was full of Protestants
C
They used to be owned by Mexico
D
They both were part of France
16) Why did people like the Transcontinental Railroad?
A
it helped support settlement in the West
B
it was a slower way of transportation
C
the buffalo weren't in the way
D
a hurricane destroyed many ships
17) What is an impact that mining had on the environment?
A
rivers dried up
B
rivers became filled with sediments
C
rivers became filled with gold
D
grass became very green
18) What is the economy of the western region?
A
fishing and shipbuilding
B
plantation system
C
mining and agriculture
D
free trade
19) Which group came to seek gold in California?
A
Chinese
B
French
C
Irish
D
Germans
20) How did most of the Mormons deal with religious persecution?
A
fight a Mormon war for 7 years
B
sued in court
C
moved to Oklahoma
D
agreed to head West to Utah
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