STAAR Blitz 4.1 Warm up

Officially ended the U.S.-American War and established new borders between the U.S. and Mexico

• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Belief the U.S. should own land from coast to coast; caused by population boom and desire to acquire resources on new land

• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Provided the U.S. with land to expand the Transcontinental Railroad

• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Doubled the size of the U.S., allowed for westward expansion

• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

This is a map of the United States. Which location on the map was ceded to the United States by Mexico in the mid-1800s? Select the correct answer.

• A
• B
• C
• D

Many Chinese immigrants came to the United States to -

• search for gold in Sutter’s Mill
• flee political turmoil
• escape a country-wide famine
• create new religious communities

Which of the following best completed the diagram above?

• Slaveholding state
• Bordered by the Pacific
• Formerly part of Mexico
• Dependent on heavy industry

This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported -

• federal financing of transportation systems in the West
• making Manifest Destiny an official federal policy
• social Darwinism as a justification for expansion
• prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United States