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What warned European nations to stay out of Latin American affairs?
a) The Tariff of 1828
b) The American System
c) The Monroe Doctrine
d) The Dominion of Canada
Why did American settlers in Texas come into conflict with Mexico?
a) Mexico wanted to sell Texas to Spain
b) Settlers wanted slavery
c) Settlers wanted to be Catholic
d) Mexico feared losing Texas to the United States
Why did California develop a diverse population?
a) Many English-speaking settlers migrated there from eastern states
b) Many Chinese people migrated there to work on the railroad
c) State laws banned racial discrimination which attracted many African Americans
d) Gold seekers came from all over the world and became permanent residents
Why did President Andrew Jackson relocate the Native American tribes living in the South?
a) The land was desired by United States citizens
b) He was afraid that Native-American culture would influence the development of the U.S. culture
c) The Native-Americans wanted to move west
d) He thought Native Americans would prosper more in the west.
The Monroe Doctrine created a sense of
a) competition with Europe
b) Frustration over trade with Latin America
c) confidence that our borders were secure
d) free trade with Canada
The main purpose of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was
a) settled war debts between the U.S. and Mexico
b) provided protection for the new country of Texas
c) assured that Arizona would remain under United States control
d) ended the war with Mexico and gave the U.S. the Mexican Cession.
What enabled the U.S. to acquire a strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico that completed Manifest Destiny?
a) Louisiana Purchase
b) Gadsden Purchase
c) Mexican Cession
d) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who was the Mexican general who attacked the Alamo?
a) Santa Ana
b) Lewis and Clark
c) Sequoyah
d) Brigham Young
Who doubled the size of the U.S. with the Louisiana Purchase?
a) James Polk
b) John Marshall
c) James Monroe
d) Thomas Jefferson
Who created an alphabet for the Cherokee language?
a) Lewis and Clark
b) Sequoyah
c) John Jacob Astor
d) Santa Ana
Who led Texas in its fight for independence?
a) Stephen Austin
b) Sam Houston
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Andrew Jackson
Who is responsible for the Indian Removal Acts?
a) James Polk
b) Sam Houston
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Andrew Jackson
Who led the Mormons to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake?
a) John Jacob Astor
b) Brigham Young
c) Joseph Smith
d) Sam Houston
Who led the first American settlement in Texas?
a) John Marshall
b) Sam Houston
c) Brigham Young
d) Stephen Austin
What was a reason people moved west?
a) free land
b) manifest destiny
c) a new life
d) all of the above
Which culture group became the labor force of the Gold Rush?
a) African
b) Mexican
c) Chinese
d) Native American
Which culture group most influenced the culture of the Southwest?
a) African
b) Mexican
c) Chinese
d) Native American
Which culture group suffered the most with Westward Expansion?
a) African
b) Mexican
c) Chinese
d) Native American
Which culture group escaped oppression by moving west of Texas?
a) African
b) Mexican
c) Chinese
d) Native American
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