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Chapter 13 Manifest Destiny (8th Grade)

Authored by RYAN BOSCH

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Chapter 13 Manifest Destiny (8th Grade)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

1. Manifest Destiny is the idea that:

a) It is God’s will that Americans expand to the Pacific Ocean
b) We should create more states to balance the slave/free states in America
c) America will only be wealthy if we find gold
d) All of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

2. Which country controlled the Oregon Territory before the United States? (Remember LA Purchase!)

a) France
b) Britain
c) Germany

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

3. How did Oregon Mountain Men best help the expansion of America?

a) They supplied settlers in the East with fur
b) They drove out the Native Americans living in the West
c) They created paths/trails for people to follow, which led to a larger western population
d) None of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

4. Which country controlled California in the 1840s?

a) Mexico
b) Britain
c) France

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

5. Which best describes the issue regarding Texas’s border?

a) America wanted Texas’s border to extend to the Rio Grande River
b) America wanted Texas’s border to include all of Oklahoma Territory and the New Mexico Territory
c) America wanted Texas to be split in half with Mexico

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

6. Why did the Mexicans living in Texas invite Americans to settle on this land we call Texas?

They wanted Americans to set up a government for them
They believed that Americans would make Mexcio rich
Mexicans wanted a population increase because there were only 3,000 Mexicans living there

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

7. How did the Alamo help Texans/Americans?

Texans won the battle and were now independent
Texans gained a new army capable of fighting off enemies
It was used as motivation to fight back and beat the Mexicans

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