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Westward Expansion

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the Manifest Destiny?

US should possess all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

US should possess all the last east of the Mississippi River

US should possess all the land west of the Mississippi River

US should possess all the land between Canada and Mexico

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did Americans want to expand westward?

The discovery of gold

The potential for new markets to sell things in

To complete the railroad

Lots of inexpensive farmland

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following was a cause of the Mexican-American War?

Manifest Destiny

Sinking of the Lucitania

Annexation of Texas

Border dispute

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following was an effect of the Mexican-American War?

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago

Mexican cession

Gadsden Purchase

Treaty of San Antonio

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following are ECONOMIC reasons for the Manifest Destiny?

gold

new markets

inexpensive farmland

spread of slavery

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an effect of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

Gave the US more than half of Mexico's northern territory

Ended the Mexican-American War

Stopped the US westward expansion

Made the Rio Grande River the border between the US and Mexico

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does "cession" mean?

giving up rights, property or territory by a state

adding new property to an existing property

stopping or ending

a meeting of a group of people

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