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