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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
Many English-speaking settlers migrated there from eastern states.
B
Gold seekers came from all over the world and became permanent residents
C
Many Chinese people migrated there to work on the railroad
D
State laws banning racial discrimination attracted many African Americans
2) President of the United States during the Mexican American War
A
James K. Polk
B
Andrew Jackson
C
William Henry Harrison
D
John Tyler
3) Led the Mormons into Utah
A
John Denver
B
Thomas Whitman
C
Brigham Young
D
Joseph Smith
4) Meeting where trappers would meet to exchange furs and other goods
A
Rendezvous
B
Commodities market
C
Market house
D
Boarding House
5) One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation would
A
Give more power to those states that supported slavery
B
Cost of the annexation
C
Offered little value to the United States
D
Begin a war with Mexico
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 Cession
B
Wilmot Proviso
C
Mexican Purchase
D
Annexation Clause
7) President and Dictator of Mexico
A
Vicente Fox
B
Simon Bolivar
C
Samuel Chavev
D
Santa Anna
8) What country did Mexico win its indepedence from
A
Spain
B
Italy
C
Brazil
D
Portugal
9) Term for fur trappers of the Northwest
A
Pioneers
B
Mountain Men
C
86ers
D
Fur Loggers
10) Land that forms the farthest extent of a nations settled regions
A
Hinterland
B
Frontier
C
Borders
D
Outback
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