Module 7 Test Review

Multiple Choice

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

Multiple Choice

What were the main causes of the Black Hawk War?

• Westward expansion

• Economic growth

• Cultural exchange

• Political alliances

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1851?

• It established peace between settlers and Native Americans

• It opened up the west for settlement

• It created the Santa Fe Trail

• It ended the Oregon Trail

Multiple Choice

What are the specifications of the Conestoga wagon?

• 11 ft high, 18 ft long, 4 ft wide, 12,000 lbs capacity

• 10 ft high, 20 ft long, 5 ft wide, 10,000 lbs capacity

• 12 ft high, 15 ft long, 4 ft wide, 15,000 lbs capacity

• 9 ft high, 22 ft long, 3 ft wide, 8,000 lbs capacity

Multiple Choice

Which trail is represented in red on the map?

• California Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• National Road

Multiple Select

People of the Mormon faith (a sect/division of Christianity) were traveling West in order to...

(2 answers)

• establish a new community in the Salt Lake Valley (of Utah)

• establish a new empire in the Rocky Mountains

• search for gold in California
• set up new fur trapping outposts in Montana

• escape religious persecution (mistreatment) back East

Open Ended

Who was Stephen F. Austin and what role did he play in the settlement of Texas?

Open Ended

Write a BRIEF summary of Santa Anna's siege of the Alamo in February and March of 1836.

Open Ended

Why was the Battle of San Jancinto significant AND what was the outcome of the Texas Revolution?

Multiple Choice

How did President Polk's order to have soldiers patrol along the Rio Grande contribute to war with Mexico?

• The ownership of the area was disputed between Mexico and the U.S.

• The U.S. soldiers were raiding Mexican villages

• The soldiers forced themselves into Mexican homes

• The soldiers were attacking Native American tribes

Multiple Choice

What event led to the declaration of war mentioned in the image?

• Skirmish near Matamoros

• Polk's message to Congress

• Surrender of Santa Fe

• March to Santa Fe

Multiple Choice

Who proclaimed the Republic of California in 1846?

• Zachary Taylor

• Winfield Scott

• John C. Frémont

• Ulysses S. Grant

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?

• It ended the Civil War

• It set the Tex/Mex border at the Rio Grande

• It established California as a state

• It initiated the Gold Rush