Westward Expansion Quiz

Westward Expansion Quiz

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Westward Expansion Quiz

Westward Expansion Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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After a War with Mexico, the United States received which territories?? (Hint: 2 Answers

California

Oregon

Texas

Florida

2.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the image with the correct reason for Westward Expansion

land ownership

Media Image

possiblity of wealth

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adventure

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following best represents the ideas associated with the visual?

The spread of slavery should be outlawed north of Texas
The U.S. government felt Native Americans could live in peace with the White population
Americans believed it was their right to expand and possess the continent from ocean to ocean
A majority of Americans wanted to make peace and avoid the conflict of the Civil War

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  • settlement of the dispute with Great Britain over the Oregon Territory
  • victory in the Mexican-American War and acquisition of California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Texas
  • increased the land mass of the United States by approximately 1.2 million square miles
  • James K. Polk

    Andrew Jackson

    Zachary Taylor

    Martin Van Buren

    5.

    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

    30 sec • 1 pt

    What did Manifest Destiny mean to 19th-century Americans?

    the belief that God had given the United States the right to all of North America

    the belief that native Americans had a right to all land West of the Mississippi River

    the belief that Mexico could expand further into North America all the way up to border with Canada

    the belief that the United States and Canada should divide North America so that each had an equal part

    6.

    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

    30 sec • 1 pt

    Media Image

    During the 1840's the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act
    Manifest Destiny
    The American System
    States' Rights

    7.

    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

    30 sec • 1 pt

    Which 1854 event resulted in about 30,000 square miles being added to the territory of New Mexico?

    Mexican Cession

    Texas Annexation

    the Gadsden Purchase

    the Louisiana Purchase

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