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Westward Expansion

Authored by Blanca Ibarra

History

7th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 

Florida Purchase
Thirteen Colonies
Mexican Cession
Oregon County

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 

Florida Purchase
Thirteen Colonies
Mexican Cession
Oregon County

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

Florida Purchase
Thirteen Colonies
Mexican Cession
Oregon County

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What piece of land was purchased in 1853 in order to build something in the South? What did they want to build?

Mexican Cession/Trails

Louisiana Territory/Canals

transcontinental/Oregon Country

Gadsden Purchase/Railroad

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

End slavery in the new territories
removal of European influence from South America
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
secession of southern states from the nation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory

issues arising over the boundaries of Texas (border dispute)

the discovery of gold in California

the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

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