4A Manifest Destiny

4A Manifest Destiny

11th Grade

8 Qs

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4A Manifest Destiny

4A Manifest Destiny

Assessment

Quiz

History

11th Grade

Easy

Created by

Zeb Elsbernd

Used 2+ times

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The period of time when Texas, which was part of Mexico fought for and achieved its freedom from Mexican rule.

Civil War

Texas Independence

War of Independence (1775-1783)

Mexican-American War

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Process by which Texas officially became part of the US in 1845 after a congressional joint resolution to add it as a slave state.

The Alamo Resolution

Annexation of Texas
Mexican-American War
Texas Independence

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the Oregon Trail?

A trail were plains Natives were forced to the west to open up land for American settlement.

A famous battle site during the Civil War.

The path traveled by Mormons looking for a new zion.

A historic route for westward migration in the 19th century.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

US President who was elected in 1844 on a platform of expansion leading to the Mexican-American War and the acquisition of Oregon from the British.

Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
Martin Van Buren
James K. Polk

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Treaty that ended the Mexican American War. US would pay Mexico $15 Million and take land that would become California, Texas, and Arizona

Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The area of land that Mexico had to give to the United States after the Mexican American War ended is known as...

the Oregon Country

the Louisiana Purchase
the Mexican Cession
the Texas Annexation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What caused the California Gold Rush?

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848.
The invention of the steam engine in 1850.
The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.
The establishment of the California statehood in 1850.

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an effect of the California Gold Rush?

Increase in Native American populations in California.

Rapid population and economic expansion in California, expediting its statehood process.

Decrease in agricultural production in California.
Stagnation of economic activities in the region.