Westward Expansion Unit Test Review

POLITICAL motivations for westward expansion included the desire to spread American ___________ across the continent.

• religion

• democracy

• language

• mercantilism

Members of what ethnic group were recruited in large numbers to work on the railroads and in the mines of the western United States?

• Japanese

• Chinese

• Germans

• Native Americans

What was the territorial acquisition that is PURPLE in the image called?

• Annexation of Texas

• Gadsden Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Missouri Compromise

Why was the small parcel of land known as the Gadsden Purchase acquired by the U.S.?

• So the U.S. had access to the areas port cities

• So the U.S. could build a rail line connecting Texas to California

• So the U.S. could mine the gold found in the region

• So the U.S. could admit another slave state into the Union

What policy established the procedure for the admitting of new states into the U.S. that would be utilized during westward expansion?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Missouri Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

This slogan is associated with what president and what territorial acquisition?

• Polk / Utah Territory

• Polk / Oregon Territory

• Jefferson / Louisiana Purchase

• Polk / Annexation of Texas

What was chosen as the dividing line for splitting the Oregon Territory between the U.S. and British-owned Canada?

• 38th parallel

• Mason-Dixon Line

• 49th parallel

• 36 30"

What were two causes of the Mexican-American War (CHOOSE TWO)

• U.S. annexation of Texas

• Mexico's anti-slavery stance

• Border disputes between the U.S & Mexico

• Impressment of American sailors

Which of the following groups migrated from their original homelands in search of religious freedom (CHOOSE TWO)

• Puritans

• Nativists

• Mormons

• Cherokee

Which TWO of the following are ECONOMIC motivations for Manifest Destiny?

• Rich Farmland

• Religious Freedom

• Gold Mining

• Disagreements over slavery