Westward Expansion Semester 1 Review

Which of the following occurred as a result of these events?

• The president of Mexico refused to withdraw troops from Texas.

• Parts of southern Texas were returned to Mexico.

• The United States acquired several territories from Mexico.

• Mexico was forced to sell Florida to the United States.

Which reason did the United States give for declaring was against Mexico in 1846

• To overturn a corrupt Mexican government

• To defend U.S. territory from Mexican aggression

• To end a Mexican slave rebellion

• To respond to attacks on U.S. merchant ships by Mexican pirates

Which event on the time line contributed most directly to the outbreak of the U.S. - Mexican War

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Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the --

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• U.S. - Mexican War

• Civil War

Which of these best completes the diagram?

• California

• Nevada

• Texas

• Florida

Which numbered state did the United States acquire from Spain in 1819?

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"U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis had sent Gadsden to negotiate with Santa Ana for the land. Davis valued it, as others did, as the perfect tract for the construction of the southern transcontinental railroad. The railroad line would connect western territories to the east and north, greatly increasing the accessibility of these new lands."

-- "America's Story," Library of Congress, http://www.cov.gov (accessed November 12, 2009)

According to the excerpt above, the Gadsden Purchase was intended to --

• support settlement of U.S. territory gained through the U.S. - Mexican War

• encouraged commerce among U.S. states formed from the Louisiana Purchase

• allow the United States and Mexico to share railroad construction costs

• encourage the sale of U.S. government land in Florida

The economies of the new western states were very different from those of the northeastern states in the mid -1800s. One major difference was that western states --

• relied on subsistence farming

• used natural harbors for shipping

• focused on mining and agriculture

• traded freely with other nations