Westward Expansion STAAR REVIEW

Westward Expansion STAAR REVIEW

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Westward Expansion STAAR REVIEW

Westward Expansion STAAR REVIEW

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Monique Miller

Used 36+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Mexican Cession a significant event?

It united different cultural groups living in western areas.

It intensified the debate over the expansion of slavery.

It created a temporary southern border.

It led to the development of canal systems to move goods.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The differences between these two maps resulted from the —

Missouri Compromise

Treaty of Ghent

Louisiana Purchase

Adams-Onís Treaty

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement explains one of the motivations behind Manifest Destiny?

These are the times that try men’s souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. . . .

I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free. . . .

And that claim is by the right . . . to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us. . . .

That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which numbered area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?

A

B

C

D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.

He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.

He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.

He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

During the 1840s the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Manifest Destiny

The American System

States’ Rights

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million

the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States

Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million

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