8th grade SS STAAR Review 3

Which headline describes an event that established guidelines for the admission of new states to the United States?

• Northwest Ordinance Passed

• Bill of Rights Ratified

• Treaty of Paris Ratified

• Alien and Sedition Acts Passed

According to the Northwest Ordinance, the territory had to have a ​ (a)   of ​ (b)   thousand free settlers before applying for statehood.

• population
• sixty
• representative
• twenty

The​ (a)   established a government..., outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the ​ (b)   also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.

• Northwest Ordinance
• Declaration of Independence
• Treaty of Ghent

How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?

• By funding a transportation network in uninhabitated regions

• By establishing a process for territories to govern themselves

• By promoting the growth of southern plantation economies

• By creating a national bank to loan money to land investors

The difference between these two maps resulted from the

Which statement explains one of the motivations behind Manifest Destiny?

• "These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country...."

• "I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free...."

• "And that claim is by the right...to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us...."

• "That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise."

​ (a)  

*The potential for new markets

*An abundance of inexpensive farmland

*The discovery of gold

Which title best completes this list?

• Economic Motives for Manifest Destiny Policies
• Reasons for Issuing the Monroe Doctrine
• Reasons for the Gadsden Purchase

Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?​ (a)  

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

One event that caused the U.S.-Mexican War was that U.S. and Mexican​ (a)   fought over ​ (b)   territory north of the ​ (c)   .

• soldiers
• disputed
• Rio Grande
• settlers
• shared
• Rocky Mountains

The reason President James K. Polk gave when he asked Congress to declare war against Mexico was to stop ​Mexican ​ (a)   against U.S. ​ (b)   .

• attacks
• territory
• horses
• cows