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Westward Expansion Vocabulary

Authored by Molly Hester

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Westward Expansion Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that America was destined to expand its territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is known as:

Manifest Destiny

American Dream

Westward Expansion

Monroe Doctrine

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The act of adding land to a country, such as Texas becoming part of the United States, is known as:

annexation

secession

colonization

federation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory, often through a treaty, as seen in the Mexican Cession?

Annexation

Cession

Acquisition

Occupation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in a particular area, such as the different economies of the Northern, Southern, and Western United States?

Economy

Political

Social

Cultural

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What legislation established a method for adding new states to the Union and governed the Northwest Territory?

Northwest Ordinance

Homestead Act

Missouri Compromise

Kansas-Nebraska Act

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The mistreatment of individuals or groups based on their religious beliefs, exemplified by the Mormons during westward expansion, is known as:

Religious persecution

Cultural assimilation

Ethnic cleansing

Social integration

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The active refusal to obey certain laws or demands of a government, as practiced by Henry David Thoreau in protest against slavery and the Mexican-American War, is known as:

Civil Disobedience

Revolution

Anarchy

Protest

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