Westward Expansion Day 4-5

Annex means to __

• join, as another nation

• to separate and start a new country

• give up such as land at the end of a war

The annexation of Texas was a controversial (heated issue) in the U.S. because __

• German immigrants in Texas did not want to join the U.S.

• since Texas was a slave state, the balance of free and slave states would be upset

• France threatened to declare war on the U.S. if it added Texas

• Texas was seen as a wasteland that would drain the economy of the U.S.

The United States eventually annexed Texas due to __ reasons.

• economic

• political

• social

• artistic

This excerpt provides (lists) evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported __.

• federal financing of transportation systems west

• making Manifest Destiny an official policy of the federal government if elected

• prohibiting (not allow) the expansion of slavery into new areas of the U.S.

STAAR Question: How did the growth of the railroads in the nineteenth century affect the U.S. economy?

• by helping expand the commercial (Trade) markets of U.S. companies.

• by making it easier for people in rural areas to work in urban factories

• by helping strengthen the economic ties between the U.S. and British companies

• By permitting faster communication between corporate leaders and their numerous companies.

The Bill of Rights is to 1791 as

the Louisiana Purchase is to __

• 1776

• 1803

• 1787

• 1820

Rapid transportation of goods is to the railroad

as rapid communication is to the __

• telegraph

• sewing machine

• factory system

• immigrants

The U.S. desired to add California to its borders in order to __

• find gold in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and get out of debt

• keep Mexico from invading the U.S. from the West

• expand American trade with China by using ports on the coast of California

• allow citizens of California to participate in American democracy

The primary reason James K. Polk was elected was because he __

• supported slavery and the benefits of slave labor in the factories up North

• believed in increasing the military power of the U.S.

• supported the acquisition of Texas, Oregon, and California

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo resulted in __

• Mexico surrendering all of its territory

• Mexican citizens forbidden from immigrating to the U.S.

• American gaining the lands including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, parts of Wyoming and Colorado

• slavery spreading from coast to coast