Expansion and Conflict in the 1800s 7th grade

What does the image represent? (7.6, 7.10.d)

• Manifest Destiny

• the Trail of Tears

• the Monroe Doctrine

• the Mormon migration

In this picture, what is the evidence that tells you what it represents?

• the Native Americans fleeing

• the angelic figure headed west

• the new forms of transport technology shown

• the heavy clouds and mountains in the background

After gaining its independence from Spain, the Mexican government . (7.10.f, 7.10.g, 7.10.h)

• offered to sell Texas to the United States

• immediately legalized the practice of slavery

• encouraged American settlers to move to Texas

• moved troops into areas claimed by the United States

How did President James K. Polk provoke war with Mexico? (7.8.g, 7.10.f, 7.10.g, 7.10.h)

• He allowed slavery to be practiced in Texas.

• He ordered U.S. troops to cross the Nueces River.

• He ordered U.S. troops to attack the town of Santa Fe.

• He refused to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.

Which conclusion is supported by the graph? (7.7, 7.7.a, 7.7.c, 7.7.d, 7.10.d, 7.10.f, 7.10.g)

• By 1850, California had become the wealthiest state in the Union.

• Most miners who traveled to California in search of gold became wealthy.

• The discovery of gold in California quickly increased the territory’s population.

• The experience of migrants to California weakened Americans’ belief in Manifest Destiny.

This invention helped make which of the following obsolete? (7.10.f, 7.10.g)

• railroads

• telephones

• newspapers

• the Pony Express

How did the U.S. government help in the construction of the transcontinental railroad? (7.8.g, 7.10.f, 7.10.g)

• The government gave 160 acres of free land to anyone who would settle on it and farm for at least five years.

• The government gave railroad companies a gift of ten square miles of land alongside each mile of track they built.

• The government raised taxes on American businesses and passed the revenue along to the companies building the railroad.

• The government passed the Indian Removal Act to force Native Americans off of land needed for the transcontinental railroad.

The ideas expressed in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following? (7.6, 7.6.a, 7.10.d, 7.10.f, 7.10.g)

• the American Civil War

• the War of 1812

• the passage of the Homestead Act

• the Supreme Court’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia

Which statement is supported by the details in this excerpt? (7.6, 7.6.a, 7.6.b, 7.10.g)

• The railroad left a lasting impact on the environment of the West.

• The railroad hired workers of questionable moral character.

• The railroad required large numbers of workers.

• The railroad encouraged migration to the West.

Which event discussed in this chapter was most responsible for the growth and expansion of the United States in the mid-1800s? (7.7.b, 7.7.c, 7.7.d, 7.8.g, 7.10.d, 7.10.f, 7.10.g, 7.10.h)

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The California Gold Rush

• The construction of the transcontinental railroad

• The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo