8th Grade STAAR Review 3

The answer is - "It said that the countries in the western hemisphere were independent and no new European colonies were to be formed."

What is the question

• What was the message of the Monroe Doctrine?

• What was Jay's Treaty?

• What was Adams proclamation of neutrality?

• What was Congress' declaration of war against Great Britain?

Answer explanation

What was the message of the Monroe Doctrine?

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

Which territory did we buy from France that doubled the size of our nation?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California

This map shows the U.S. _______ the war with Mexico.

• just after
• shortly before
• during
• about 20 years after

Which was NOT a reason settlers moved west?

• fresh start 
• better life 
• land ownership 
• government forced them 

What war did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo bring an end to

• Texas American war
• Mexican Revolu
• Mexican-American War
• Indian War

Why did President Polk want Mexican territory?

• He wanted to expand the US
• The land had good resources
• He needed room to build a mansion for his cats
• To get Shrek'd

What did Monroe feel he must prevent?

• Piracy off the coast of Africa

• Impressment of American Sailors

• European nations meddling in the Americas

• Latin American nations revolting against Spain

Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California

Reservations were lands set aside for Native people.  Which statement was NOT  true about the reservations? 

• America cut funding to the reservations meaning shortage of food and supplies 
• Native Americans were left with no way of hunting 
• Native Americans were thankful for the land and the supplies and were peaceful in their new homes 
• Violence broke out on the reservations