Social Studies CUA REVIEW 5

Which of the following best explains why controlling Louisiana was important for President Thomas Jefferson?

• Gold was discovered by the French.

• The French were organizing raids in Texas

• The port of New Orleans connected to the Mississippi

• Jefferson feared Spanish forces were going to claim U.S. land.

Which statement describes Manifest Destiny?

• American Indians ruined the land and needed to be removed.

• It was the mission of the U.S. to expand across the continent

• North American land originally belonged to the ancestors of U.S. citizens.

• The discovery of gold in the West would help the U.S. become a world power.

True or false: American Indians were forced to settle on reservations as the United States expanded westward.

• True

• False

• Causes of the Texas Revolution

• Effects of the Revolutionary War

• Effects of the Civil War

• Causes of the War of 1812

The _______________________ officially ended the War of 1812 and created a firm and universal peace between the United States and Great Britain.

• A. Treaty of Versailles

• B. Treaty of Paris

• C. Treaty of Ghent

• D. Treaty of Fort Jackson

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• new forms of transportation

• increased immigration and migration

• he overpopulation of cities

• the expansion of slavery

What was the result of John Deere’s invention to life in America in the 1800s?

• He made farming the prairie possible.

• He developed modes of transportation

• He made travel easier.

• He started businesses in the cities.

What is the theme of this painting?

• the transcontinental railroad

• the concept of Manifest Destiny

• the Louisiana Purchase

• the French and Indian War

What is the significance of this song?

• It encourages westward expansion.

• It became our national anthem

• It commemorates Paul Revere’s ride

• . It mocks early American colonists.

What was the impact of popular sovereignty on Kansas and Nebraska?

• It gave governors authority to decide whether slavery was legal.

• It allowed the voters to choose whether to legalize slavery.

• It stopped enslaved families from being separated

• It opened up markets to trade enslaved people overseas.