
American Westward Expansion Quiz
Authored by Dustin Garrison
History
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name given to the northern region of Spanish rule that included parts of California?
New Spain
Mexican Cession
Spanish Territory
Alta California
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the belief that America would inevitably expand over North America called?
American Imperialism
Westward Expansion
Colonial Ambition
Manifest Destiny
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who won the election of 1844 after campaigning on a policy of claiming the Oregon Territory?
James Polk
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name given to people who rushed to California during the gold rush?
Forty-Niners
Pioneers
California Rushers
Gold Seekers
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Mexican congress pass in 1827 to remove Spaniards from its territory?
Expulsion Laws
Annexation Act
Colonial Expulsion
Territorial Removal
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Secularization Act of 1833 do to the land from Spanish missions?
Returned it to the American Indians
Gifted it to the Mexican Government
Sold it to the Mountain Men
Confiscated it
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Mexico require Texas settlers to practice in 1830?
Protestantism
Catholicism
Atheism
Mormonism
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