8th Grade Unit 7 Test

What is your name?

Which quotes reflect the beliefs of the Manifest Destiny? (Choose 2)

• "The United States has the natural right to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean."
• "American Indians should follow their own rules of government."
• "The United States is better off without the uncivilized West."
• "The American settlers' lifestyle is superior to the lifestyle of American Indians."
• "American Indians have natural rights given by God to live on their lands."

Which statement accurately describes the major impact of James K. Polk's presidency on the United States?

• He ended the practice of Manifest Destiny.
• He kept the United States out of all wars.
• He gave American Indians more land in the west.
• He expanded the United States to the west.

How did the concept of Manifest Destiny impact the development of the United States?

• It decreased economic opportunities.
• It increased the territory of the United States.
• It decreased immigration.
• It increased religious diversity .
• It increased regional tensions over slavery.

How did the Missouri Compromise impact western expansion?

• It limited expansion by failing to resolve the issue of slavery in areas beyond Missouri.
• It limited expansion by allowing the spread of slavery to most western states.
• It helped continue expansion by setting a boundary that determined where slavery would be allowed in western states and territories
• It helped continue expansion by allowing individual states beyond Missouri to determine whether or not to allow slavery.

Why was the Missouri Compromise necessary? (Choose 3)

• Slaveholding states thought that new states should be able to determine whether or not to allow slavery.
• Slaveholding states were worried that anti-slavery might make it through Congress if there was not an equal number of slave and free states
• Abolitionists did not want to add new slaveholding areas to the Union
• Abolitionists demanded support for states' rights to self determination on the slavery issue.
• Free African Americans demanded a place they could live with the same freedoms and protections as other citizens enjoyed.

When did Texas become part of the United States?

• immediately after the Battle of San Jacinto
• during John Tyler's presidency
• during James Polk's presidency
• immediately after Texas became an independent nation

Which statement BEST summarizes the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slavery.
• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against enslaved people.
• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against enslaved people.
• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slavery

Who was known as the "Great Compromiser" for his role in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• James Gadsden
• Franklin Pierce
• Stephen Douglas
• Henry Clay

Which statement accurately explains the reasons for the Compromise of 1850?

• The Missouri Compromise broke down, and a new plan was needed for Kansas and Nebraska.
• The territory of California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, and California's entry would upset the balance between free and slave states.
• The Fugitive Slave Act had become an issue between the North and South, and a compromise was needed to resolve it.
• There was a dispute of boundaries with Mexico, and the United States wanted to build a railroad on the dispute land.