7.2.1 The Gadsden Purchase Video

7.2.1 The Gadsden Purchase Video

8th Grade

8 Qs

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7.2.1 The Gadsden Purchase Video

7.2.1 The Gadsden Purchase Video

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Victoria Buzan

FREE Resource

8 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo end the Mexican-American War?

1848

1857

1865

1898

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much territory did the U.S. gain from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

750 thousand square miles

500 thousand square miles

250 thousand square miles

1 million square miles

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary reason for the Gadsden Purchase?

To expand slavery territories

To facilitate the southern route of the Transcontinental Railroad

To settle border disputes

To gain access to natural resources

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two cities would the southern route of the Transcontinental Railroad connect?

Tucson to Sacramento

Houston to San Diego

El Paso to Los Angeles

San Francisco to New Orleans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was dispatched to negotiate the Gadsden Purchase with Mexico?

James Gadsden

Ulysses S. Grant

James Polk

Abraham Lincoln

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much did the United States pay for the Gadsden Purchase?

$5 million

$20 million

$10 million

$15 million

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What territories are included in the Gadsden Purchase?

Southwestern New Mexico and southern Arizona

Southern Nevada and western Utah

Northern California and southern Oregon

Eastern Texas and western Louisiana

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the final outcome of the Gadsden Purchase?

It doubled the size of the United States

It led to the discovery of gold

It completed the continental United States

It resolved all border disputes with Mexico