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Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

Authored by Jade Moeller

Social Studies, History

8th Grade

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Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that the United States was destined to stretch all the way across the continent of North America

Manifest Destiny

Bill of Rights

Gold Rush

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was the Gadsden Purchase added to the U.S. in 1853?

it was needed for the building of a railroad because it provided flat land around the Rocky Mountains

it was a gift from Mexico
it was part of the treaty with Mexico

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?

Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
Oregon Territory

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Name the piece of Land.

Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession 
Louisiana Purchase 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did Jefferson double the size of the United States in 1803?

The Louisiana Purchase

The purchase of California

Treaty with Great Britain

Winning Florida from Spain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Starting in the 1840s, this was the route many settlers/pioneers traveled on.

West Route

Pioneer Road

Oregon Trail

Oklahoma Trail

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The two men chosen to lead the expedition to explore Louisiana by Thomas Jefferson were:

Louie and Clark Griswold

Lewis and Clark

Sacagawea and Lewis

Thomas Jefferson and Zebulon Pike

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