Day 8 Blitz Review - Westward Expansion

Louisiana Purchase is to France

As Florida is to ​ (a)  

Irish immigrants are to factories in the North

As Chinese immigrants are to ​ (b)  

War of 1812 is to Monroe

As U.S.-Mexican is to ​ (c)  

Belief U.S. should expand is to Manifest Destiny

As land U.S. got from Mexico is to ​ (d)  

• Spain
• gold and the Transcontinental Railroad
• Polk
• Mexican Cession

Which of the following was a factor that led to the growth of the belief in Manifest Destiny?

• Population boom

• George Washington’s stated desire to acquire more land

• The desired more land to build more missions like Spain once did

• The U.S. disliked Mexico and wanted to take land from them

One of the leading causes of the U.S.-Mexican War was -

• Mexico invading New York City

• James K. Polk’s dislike of the President of Mexico

• The annexation of Texas and a border dispute

• The U.S. captured the Mexican ship El Tenedor

The Transcontinental Railroad greatly impacted the U.S. by -

• Making it easier for pioneers to travel to the west to settle land

• Opening up trade with Canada

• Providing economic opportunities for African Americans

• Allowing the first woman to be a train conductor

What is the idea of “Manifest Destiny”?

• America is certain to become the most powerful country in the world

• America is destined to be comprised of 50 states

• America is to own all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• Mexico is to one day join the United States

This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported —

• federal financing of transportation systems in the West

• making Manifest Destiny an official federal policy

• social Darwinism as a justification for expansion

• prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United States

Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

• Slaveholding state

• Bordered by the Pacific

• Formerly part of Mexico

• Dependent on heavy industry