
8th Westward Expansion
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the U.S. victory in the Mexican War most likely affect the majority of Americans?
It strengthened their support for the abolitionist movement.
It increased their sympathy for former Mexican citizens.
It increased their appreciation of Mexican culture.
It strengthened their belief in manifest destiny.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mexican Cession
California
Nevada?
Which of the following completes the table?
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?
It established a neutral territory between the United States and Mexico.
It provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad.
It established a permanent border between Arizona and New Mexico.
It allowed several western territories to achieve statehood as slave states.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Mexican War divided Americans. Many in the South and West favored the war as an opportunity to add territory to the United States. Others, opposed the war, however. Among them was the writer Henry David Thoreau, who was briefly jailed for protesting the war by not paying his taxes. The experience inspired him to write his famous essay, "Civil Disobedience."
What is the most likely reason Thoreau and other Americans opposed the Mexican War?
They believed it was a plot by southerners to add slave states to the country.
They believed it would only lead to conflict with American Indian tribes.
They believed it was a plot by industrialists to gain customers for their products.
They believed it would only lead to conflict with European colonial powers.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Thousands of Asians immigrated to California during the Gold Rush. Many of them
invested in a business to import goods from foreign countries.
migrated to the Midwest and became wealthy farmers.
migrated to Mexico and began selling agricultural products.
opened businesses to serve the needs of the miners.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Mexican-American War was sparked by a dispute over
the amount of the tariff on Mexican goods.
the number of troops on the Mexican border.
the creation of trade barriers between the two countries.
the location of the border between the two countries.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 1849, approximately 40,000 people poured in to California from one sea route or another. Most of these came to the port of San Francisco, once known as Yerba Buena, and the tiny town boomed.Another 25,000 to 30,000 men, women, and children followed land routes, while a few thousand more came across Mexico and the southwestern corner of the United States to reach California.
—adapted from "The Forty Niners," Library of Congress
The information in the passage best describes
the results of migration based on religious beliefs.
the results of migration based on a desire for farmland.
one of the largest migratory events in U.S. history.
one of the least known migratory events in U.S. history.
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