8 US History Module 5 Movement

___ means to give up something, like land or rights.

• cede

• manifest

• treaty

• assimilate

What was the result of the Mexican-American War?

• Mexico gained control of Texas

• The U.S. gave California and Oregon to Mexico

• Mexico ceded 1/2 million square acres of land to the U.S.

• Mexico paid the U.S. 1/2 a million dollars to leave the area of Texas

A ____ is an agreement between nations.

• manifestation

• assimiliation

• treaty

• cede

___ describes when 1 group of people takes on a culture and other societal traits of a larger group.

• assimiliation

• manifestation

• cede

• treaty

Why are the San Francisco 49ers (football team) named that?

• Many people moved to California during the Gold Rush of 1849

• Many people moved to Arizona during the dust bowl of 1949

• 49 Native Americans fought settlers to keep their land in San Francisco

• The Trail of Tears led Native Americans to new land (49 acres) in California

There was a population boom in major U.S. cities by 1900. Why?

• U.S. cities provided more opportunities for land owning and farming

• Major U.S. cities had better sanitation and health care

• East to West railroad systems were built and completed

• Many African Americans moved to U.S. cities to escape slavery

What led to the growing conflict over slavery in the early 1800s?

• falling crop prices

• industrialization boom

• rising taxes

• expanding territory to the west

___ is the belief that God destined Americans to move West and inhabit land from East to West coast.

• the Great Awakening

• Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears

• The Gettysburg Address

Which of the following describes the Gadsden Purchase?

(there is more than 1 correct answer)

• A treaty between the United States and Mexico

• Mexico purchased the land known as Texas to be a part of its territory

• The U.S. paid Mexico $10 million for 30,000 square miles of land

• The U.S. gained the land that would became Arizona and New Mexico

Which of the following allowed for the arrest of slaves that escaped to another state or territory?

• Dred Scott Treaty

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act