Westward Expansion - Chapters 9 & 10
Authored by Ashley Tidwell
Social Studies
3rd - 5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did President Polk do after Mexico turned down his offer to buy the territory?
He called his British friends and told them to buy it.
He sent the president of Mexico hate mail.
He sent General Zachary Taylor and U.S. troops south of the Nueces River and stationed them on the Rio Grande.
He decided to buy the Alaska territory instead.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main reason President Polk declared war against Mexico?
they refused to sell him their burritos recipe
because the Mexicans had killed fighters at the Alamo
He wanted to acquire new land, including a new boundary for Texas, and California and New Mexico.
He wanted to make all of Mexico part of the United States.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is civil disobedience?
When the policemen disobey laws
It is a kind of behavior based on one’s conscience, such as refusing to support a government’s acts you view as evil.
When someone acts up in a civil trial
When children disobey their parents
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Henry David Thoreau demonstrate civil disobedience?
He refused to pay his taxes.
He burned a police car.
He stole a T.V. from a Target store.
He burned down a local restaurant.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was the American revolt against Mexico in Northern California called the Bear Flag Revolt?
the army asked every soldier to "bear the flag" as they marched into battle
The people leading the army were carrying teddy bears.
The fort the Mexicans were attacking was called the "Bear Fort"
The Americans had raised a white flag with a grizzly bear on it over their fort.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To prosper means to :
be successful
eat a lot
act snooty
give a test
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The word irrigate means to:
aggravate someone.
act in a grouchy or grumpy manner.
to water crops by moving water from a well, a river, or a lake to a place where it does not rain enough to grow crops.
to place crops in the sunshine and dump extra fertilizer on them so they will grow.
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