Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.

The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.

Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.

Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

How were the Chinese discriminated against?

they were paid less than other workers

They were denied water and supplies

Black Codes prevented their freedoms

they were objected to Jim Crow Laws

How did railroads help with trade and economic growth?

Provided a way to get crops and animals to the markets

Helped cows eat more and grow bigger

found uranium at Sutter's Mill.

found diamonds at Sutter's Mill.

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for the orderly expansion of the United States?

It provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states.

It provided the president with the power to sign treaties with foreign powers to buy additional territory

It provided a review process for laws in new territories and states.

How did many Americans act on their belief that the United States in the nineteenth century had a manifest destiny?

Many settlers moved west to start a new life.

Many women demanded equality and the right to vote.

Many farmers switched from food crops to cash crops.

Where was most of the territory the United States acquired during the era of Westward Expansion?

West of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River

Along the Canadian border with the United States

Where did many Asian immigrants during the 1800s arrive to in the United States?

California along the Pacific Ocean

Texas along the Rio Grande River

Which of these is required of a U.S. territory in order for it to become a U.S. state?

Appointment of the first postmaster

Causes to the Mexican-American War were: I. Mexico said the Treaty of Velasco was invalid II. ?

a border dispute in Texas (Rio Grande River)

a border dispute in Texas (Red River)

What PUSHED many Irish to immigrate to America

There were too many clovers- leading to some super annoying allergies

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah were acquired in 1848 from —

Spain

Mexico

Great Britain

Russia

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?

The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast

A slave on a southern plantation

A Native American

A farmer wanting to obtain new land

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that —

the United States went to war with Mexico

transcendentalists established utopian societies

the Bank of the United States was established

women organized the Seneca Falls Convention

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

James K. Polk

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

They brought about a war with Spain.

They increased the territory of the United States.

Each resulted in territory annexed by the United States.

Each involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Northern opposition to the U.S. annexation of Texas was mainly caused by ---.

fears that the executive branch was controlling Congress

resistance to the expansion of slavery and Southern political power

opposition to expansionism and the use of American troops abroad

demands from Mexicans that their army be deployed north of the Rio Grande

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What geographic advantage did the United States obtain from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

warm water ports on the Atlantic coast

rich fishing areas in the Great Lakes

control of the Mississippi River

valuable coal reserves in western Pennsylvania

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HMS-Westward Expansion

The present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah were acquired in 1848 from —

Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?

Belief in the idea of Manifest Destiny was one reason that —

The President most associated with Manifest Destiny was ---.

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

Northern opposition to the U.S. annexation of Texas was mainly caused by ---.

What geographic advantage did the United States obtain from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

How much did the United States pay for the Gadsden Purchase?

What year did the most miners rush to California?

Utah is mostly settled by what people?

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