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SOL 8a-c

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Florida become a part of the United States?

a)

Portugal sold the land to the United States after the War of 1812.

b)

James Madison purchased the land from Spain.

c)

The United States forced the American Indians to sell the land.

d)

Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.

2.

Manifest Destiny is the belief in the idea that—

a)

expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the country

b)

a person’s destiny is determined by how much land can be farmed

c)

keeping America small and contained would lead to success

d)

African Americans were destined to remain slaves

3.

What number represents the Louisiana Purchase on this map?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Which territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain?

a)

California

b)

Oregon

c)

Texas

d)

Louisiana

5.

Which of the following was NOT an economic factor of the move west?

a)

California Gold Rush

b)

Lack of western farm land

c)

Business expansion

d)

Freedom for runaway slaves

6.

War with Mexico resulted in the United States gaining the southwest territory and—

a)

Florida

b)

Texas

c)

California

d)

Colorado

7.

Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon territory from the—

a)

Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean to the James River

c)

Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean

d)

Ohio River to the Great Lakes

8.

Which TWO overland trails influenced the migration of people to the western territories? (choose 2)

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Cumberland Trail

d)

Oregon Trail

9.

The forced march of the Cherokee nation and other tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is present-day Oklahoma is known as the—

a)

Long March

b)

Trail of Sorrow

c)

March of Madness

d)

Trail of Tears

10.

In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, the Supreme Court—

a)

stated that the federal government had rights to the Cherokee homelands

b)

agreed that the Cherokee Indians’ had rights to their lands but did not make a ruling

c)

ruled that the citizens of Georgia had rights to all American Indian lands

d)

said that the Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional