Westward Expansion Practice

Westward Expansion Practice

8th Grade

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Westward Expansion Practice

Westward Expansion Practice

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Robert Caccamo

History, Social Studies

8th Grade

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16 questions

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1.

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Based on the cartoon, which of the following best explains the impact of the Monroe Doctrine?
The United States would not allow foreign nations to form alliances.
The United States would not allow further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
The United States would serve as a negotiator between European nations.
The United States would protect the economic interests of Europe.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A population increase, building of roads and schools and cities flourishing was a positive effect of

The California Gold Rush

The destruction of the buffalo

The forced removal of Native Americans into reservations

The Indian Wars

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Jacksonian Democracy

an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Trail of Tears refers to

Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.

the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Based on the map, the Erie Canal and Hudson River contributed directly to the

decisions to restrict immigration

rapid increase in population in upstate New York

settlement of New England

acquisition of land from Canada

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important to the development of the nation because it

linked the industrial centers of the North and the South

allowed the United States Navy to defend the Great Lakes

forced the Spanish to sell Florida to the United States

increased trade between the East Coast and the Midwest

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