Westward Expansion 2020
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which title best completes this list?
Economic Motives for Passing the Northwest Ordinance
Reasons for Annexation of Texas
Economic Motives for Manifest Destiny Policies
Reasons for the Gadsden Purchase
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?
A
B
C
D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.
He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska
territories.
He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.
He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?
Abolishing slavery throughout the United States
Occupying all of North America
Withdrawing from foreign affairs
Returning to an agrarian economy
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —
a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land
Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million
the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States
Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
A law that encouraged western settlement by giving away 160 acres to those that
lived there for 5 years.
A law that did not allow Indians to acquire land in the South.
A law that give miners in California to stake their claim in the gold fields.
A law that allowed slavery in the west.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
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