Westward Expansion Quiz

Westward Expansion Quiz

8th Grade

16 Qs

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Westward Expansion Quiz

Westward Expansion Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Manifest Destiny led to conflict between

plantation owners and slaves

Mexicans and Native Americans

the United States and Spain

the United States and Mexico

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803 because we wanted to control New Orleans.

control New Orleans

stop the problems between the settlers and Native Americans

stop the border dispute between the United States and Canada

improve political relations with Mexico

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the United States issue the Monroe Doctrine?

It would stop Canada from taking Michigan's Upper Peninsula

It would keep European nations out of the Americas

The United States would be able to sell the Louisiana Territory to France

President Monroe would now only be allowed to serve two terms

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief in Manifest Destiny meant that

Native Americans had an equal claim to lands of the West

the United States should expand west to the Pacific

slavery should be allowed in the West

no more European colonies would be allowed in the Americas

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Gonzales was the Lexington of our struggle. The same cry for liberty, which from the blood of the slain at Lexington and Bunker Hill rose to Heaven and penetrated every corner of this land, flew with electric rapidity (great speed) after the battles of Gonzales and San Antonio." In these lines, a Texan tried to convince the United States to

agree to divide Oregon at the 49 degrees latitude

support Mexican rule of California

support the Texan struggle for independence

abolish slavery in Texas

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the most significant outcome of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

discovered the Great Salt Lake

established a system of forts throughout the West

conquered the Spanish living in the West

discovered a route to the Pacific Ocean

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Through which agreement did the U.S. acquire MOST of the land in the American Southwest?

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Louisiana Purchase

Adams-Onis Treaty

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