War and Expansion

War and Expansion

8th Grade

7 Qs

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War and Expansion

War and Expansion

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies, History

8th Grade

Medium

Created by

John Simpson

Used 2+ times

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did Mexico grant a huge tract of land to?

Stephen Austin

George Washington

Tejanos

Moses Austin

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After Texas won its independence from Mexico, did they join the United States right away?

Yes

No

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What is the name of the American who was put in jail for refusing to pay taxes in protest of the Mexican-American War? Type their name below, and their name is in the Crash Course video if you need to go back.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What led California to grow rapidly?

Farmers finding the value of the soil

Discovery of gold

San Francisco becoming a big city

Manifest destiny

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the first proposal of the Compromise of 1850

Popular Sovereignty

New Fugitive Slave law enacted

Slave trade outlawed in Washington, D.C

California admitted as a free state

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to John Green, did the United States govern according to its own beliefs during Manifest Destiny?

Yes

No