8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Fifty-Four forty or fight" refers to a border dispute between

• the U.S. and France

• France and Spain

• Britain and Spain

• The U.S. and Britain

According to Manifest destiny, the US should expand to the

• Atlantic Ocean

• Appalachian mountains

• Pacific ocean

• China

In the United States we settled in the ________ and moved on ________.

• east, west

• west, east

• north, south

• south, east

The Declaration of Independence was signed in...

• 1876

• 1776

• 1677

• 1977

There were ____ original colonies

• 50

• 12

• 13

• 21

The US bought the Louisiana Purchase from _____

• England

• Mexico

• France

• Germany

What railroad connected the east and west?

• Transcontinental

• United

• The big one

• Continental

The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States would

• prevent the establishment of new European colonies anywhere in the world
• help colonies in North and South America adopt a democratic form of government
• view European interference in the Americas as a threat to the national interest of the United States
• prevent other nations from trading with South American nations 

What year was the Louisiana purchase?

• 1803
• 1801
• 1802
• 1895

What did the Northwest Ordinance do?

• allowed reinstatement of old territories
• none of the above
• gave guidelines for establishing territories and creating states
• gave president power to sign treaties