Westward expansion Test review 2022 3

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

• It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago. 
• It transported people to the cities to work in factories. 
• It transported Native Americans to the west. 
•  It transported raw materials to build factories in the west. 

What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

• Mexican Americans and Native Americans
• Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants
• African Americans and European immigrants
• Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants 

The belief that the U.S. was meant to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific is known as:

• the Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• The Jackson Action

To Annex land means to (the U.S. annexed Texas in 1845):

• take it over
• conquer it
• give it up to another country
• buy it

Lewis and Clark were sent by President Jefferson to:

• invade Mexico
• stop British attacks on U.S. ships
• explore Louisiana
• buy Louisiana

Which is the only state to have once been an independent country?

• Texas
• Colorado
• Oregon
• Arizona

Which of the following is part of an area of the United States that was taken by war/conquest?

• Oregon
• Florida
• Arizona
• All of these

The Mexican Cession is land that the United States took as a result of:

• annexation
• the War with Mexico
• a treaty with Britain
• the Mexican Revolution

Oregon became part of the United States as a result of:

• the Mexican War
• a purchase from France
• the Texan War for Independence
• a treaty with Britain

Florida became part of the United States in 1819 as a result of:

• a purchase from Spain
• the Mexican War
• annexation
• the Revolutionary War