8th Grade STAAR Review

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?

Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Nevada were all states that joined the US as a result of what?

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Annexation of Texas
• The Mexican Cession
• The Joint Resolution

Britain was impressing American sailors. What does this mean they were doing?

• Kidnapping them and forcing them to serve in the British navy.

• Impressing them with the skill of the British navy

• Forcing them to "walk the plank".

Answer explanation

Kidnapping them and forcing them to serve in the British navy.

Who was Texas fighting in the Texas Revolution? 

• The Spanish
• The Mexicans
• The Americans
• The British

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 war did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo bring an end to

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

Who was the President and leader of the Mexican Army during the battle between Texas?

• Sam Houston
• William B. Travis
• James Fannin
• Santa Anna

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

What word means "the belief in the God given right to move West"?

• Manifest Destiny
• Land Speculator
• Decree
• Ordinance

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

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