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WorksheetsExpansion Unit Test Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
This is the belief that America should expand across the American continent
Monroe Doctrine
Secession
Manifest Destiny
The Great Compromise
Which land acquisition doubled the size of the United States?
Texas Annexation
Gadsden Purchase
Florida Cession
Louisiana Purchase
The annexation of this state was very controversial because it would enter as a slave state
Oregon
Texas
California
Florida
Many settlers traveled west to Oregon in search of:
Gold
Cheap farmland
Industrial jobs
Religious freedom
What triggered the Mexican-American War?
The annexation of Florida
The Louisiana Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase
The annexation of Texas
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in Mexico losing about half of its territory?
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of El Camino Real
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Why did the United States make the Gadsden Purchase?
So they could complete the railroad to California
To complete the border wall
To tap into the rich gold deposits there
To create an official border with Canada
Which U.S. President negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
James K. Polk
James Madison
George Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Which River formed the eastern border of the Louisiana Purchase?
The Missouri River
The Ohio River
The Mississippi River
The Rio Grande River
Which Native American played a key role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Tecumseh
Pocahontas
Chief Little Turtle
Sacagawea
What was gained through the Lewis and Clark Expedition? (select all that apply)
Hostile relations with the Native Americans
Valuable maps of the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean
Valuable specimens and knowledge about the Louisiana Territory
Valuable maps of the Mexican Cession lands
Pioneer women in the west gained this before other women:
College educations
The right to vote
Equal wages (pay)
The right to run for political office
Which state had a population boom due to the Gold Rush?
Minnesota
Ohio
Colorado
California
Which state had enough people within two years of the Gold rush to apply for statehood?
California
Minnesota
Nevada
Oregon
Which group faced terrible discrimination and abuse in California during the Gold Rush?
Women
American soldiers
Chinese
None of these
What motivated the Mormons to settle in Utah?
Gold
Religious freedom
Adventure
To convert the Native Americans to their faith
True or False: All documents in Mexico had to be written in Spanish
True
False
True or False: Slavery was allowed in Mexico
True
False
True or False: Mexico had strict laws governing their people and any Americans that lived within its borders
True
False
Which side won the Battle of the Alamo?
The Mexicans
The Americans (Texans)
What was the American rallying cry after the Battle of the Alamo?
"We have met the enemy and they are ours"
"I have not yet begun to fight"
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
"Remember the Alamo!"
What was the nickname of the people who rushed into California in search of gold?
Ninety-sixers
Gold diggers
Forty-niners
Yankees
Without the help of this group, it is unlikely that the Lewis and Clark Expedition would have survived:
African Americans
Native Americans
The Spanish
The French
