Question Bank for Grade 8 Social Studies

How did the concept of Manifest Destiny impact the development of the United States?

• It Decreased Immigration

• It decreased economic opportunities

• It increased regional tensions over slavery

• It increased the territory of the United States

Select the 3 statements that best illustrate why the Missouri Compromise was necessary?

• Abolitionists did not want to add new slaveholding areas to the Union

• Northern States threatened to secede if slavery was allowed in western states

• Abolitionists demanded support for states rights to self determination on the slavery issue

• Slaveholding states thought that new states should be able to determine whether of not to allow slavery

• Slaveholding states were worried that anti slavery legislation might make it through Congress if there was not an equal number of slave and free states

Choose two coreect causes that contributed to the Texas War of Independence

• Mexicans believed the settlers should pay for their land by serving as slaves for a short time.

• Settlers identified more with Mexican culture than American culture

• American Settlers offended Mexican citizens by trying to speak Spanish and practice Catholicism

• Many settlers originally from Southern states brought their slaves with them,

• The government of early Mexico was unstable, and lawmakers disagreed often

March 1st, 1836 - Texas declares independence from Mexico

March 6th, 1836 - Mexico wins the Battle of the Alamo

April 21, 1836 - Texas wins the Battle of San Jacinto

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Which of these should come next in the timeline?

• Texas becomes the 28th state

• Civil War begins in the U.S

• Sam Houston names President of Texas

• Mexican American War begins

What was the legacy of Davey Crockett and the Battle of the Alamo?

• The battle of the Alamo became motivation and rally cry for others to support and fight for Texas Independence

• The victory at the Alamo propelled Davey Crockett to become a national hero

• The Battle of the Alamo was an example of how the Texans defeated the Mexican forces largely with the support of Tennessee Volunteers

• The defeat at the Alamo led to surrender of those fighting for Texas independence

Which statement best analyzes reasons why a majority of people traveled along the Oregon Trail?

• People sought new opportunities for wealth and adventure

• American Indians wanted to escape reservations and find new hunting grounds

• Businesses wanted to expand trade and build railroads to transport goods

• People wanted to start religious communities to convert American Indians

Which statement accurately describes the major impact of James K Polk's presidency on the United States

• He kept the United States out of all wars

• He fought against the practice of Manifest Destiny

• He expanded the United States to the west

• He gave American Indians more land in the west

What were the 3 main causes of the Mexican American War?

• the U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary

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• The attack on the Alamo

• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

• America's continued desire to achieve Manifest Destiny

• Joint resolution

Mexico and the United States disputed the boundary between Texas and Mexico at ____

• RIo Grande

• The Alamo

• San Jacinto

• Missouri

The most significant and longest lasting impact of the GOld Rush of the mid 1800s

• Environmental damage to streams and mountains

• The extinction of the buffalo in North America

• The expansion of Americans across the continent

• The abolition of slavery in the western territories