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G9 Social Studies Review - Boggan/Beagle

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny 
b)
 Monroe Doctrine 
c)
 Great Awakening 
d)
Louisiana Purchase
2.

Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory from?

a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Great Britain
d)
Mexico
3.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They all brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They all increased the territory of the United States.
c)
They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
d)
They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico. 
4.
What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States?
a)
Florida Cession
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Oregon Treaty
5.
Texans fought for independence against what country?
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
6.
Who were the Mormons?
a)
1848 when gold was found in California
b)
name given to members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
c)
Mexican General
d)
created by Congress in 1848 as an area that included present day Oregon
7.
Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
a)
obey the Book of Mormon
b)
prosper in the fur trade
c)
seek out religious freedom
d)
gold
8.
What year was the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
1763
b)
1803
c)
1846
d)
1776
9.
Which ocean did Lewis and Clark reach on their expedition?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
10.
What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land?
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)

Trail of Tears

c)
Manifest Destiny Act
d)
Indian Territory Act
11.
What territory first allowed the United States to reach the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Texas Annexation
b)

Oregon Territory

c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Gadsden Purchase
12.
How did we acquire area 4?
a)
Negotiation with Britain
b)
Conquest
c)
Florida Cession
d)
Mexican Cession
13.
President Jackson refused to annex Texas at first because doing so would have
a)
upset the balance between free and slave states.
b)
admitted to the British that western expansion had ended.
c)
gone against the wishes of Congress.
d)

upset Mr. Boggan and Beagle

14.
What states were part of the Mexican Cession?
a)
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
b)
Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi
c)
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
d)
California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada
15.
Results of the U.S. Mexican War
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United  States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present­ day states.

Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Adams-Onis Treaty
c)
Treaty of Jefferson
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
16.
Which area on the map was annexed by the United States in 1845?
a)
5
b)
1
c)
6
d)
4
17.
Oregon Trail 
a)
a route used during the US migration westward
b)
a person who went to California for the gold rush
c)
a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
d)
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
18.

Name river number 3

a)
Colorado River
b)
Ohio River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Mississippi River
19.
What caused the huge population expansion in California between 1848 and  1852
a)

Gold was found 

b)
Fresh water was found
c)
War with Native-Americans 
d)
farmers moved there to grow their crops 
20.
What year did the most miners rush to California?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1852
d)
1853
21.
How many days did the Battle of the Alamo last?
a)
8
b)
10
c)
11
d)
13
22.
What year did Texas win its independence?
a)
1821
b)
1845
c)
1836
d)

1865

23.
Who was appointed head of the Texas military?
a)
Stephen F. Austin
b)
Sam Houston
c)
Davy Crockett
d)
William B. Travis
24.
Name the general and president who became the dictator of Mexico during the Texas Revolution.
a)
Jose Urrea
b)
Stephen F Austin
c)
Santa Anna
d)
William B. Travis
25.
Who was the former congressman who fought at the Alamo?
a)
Davy Crockett
b)
Sam Houston
c)
Juan Seguin
d)
Stephen F Austin
26.
Who won the Texas Revolution?
a)
Santa Anna
b)
Mexico
c)
Texas
d)
America
27.
Most gold miners struck it rich.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 
a)
Surfers
b)
Coasters
c)

Forty-Niners

d)
Raiders
29.
Some store owners became rich selling gold prospectors their supplies.
a)
True
b)
False
30.

What state was admitted as the 31st member of the United States?

a)

California

b)

Arizona

c)

Oregon

d)

Utah

31.
Where was gold first discovered in California?
a)
Sutters Mill
b)
San Fransisco
c)
San Diego
d)
Sacramento
32.

Which Region is the Louisiana Territory?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

33.

Who would NOT consider Manifest Destiny as a positive idea?

a)

Railroad companies

b)

Native Americans

c)

gold seekers

d)

Mormons

34.
The Indian Territory, to which the Cherokee were removed during the Trail of Tears, is the modern-day state of...
a)
California
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Missouri
d)
New Mexico
35.
U.S. President who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ordering ALL Native Americans to be relocated west of the Mississippi River.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jeffersom
c)
James Madison
d)
Andrew Jackson
36.
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
a)
Second Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Blackhawk
d)
Cherokee resistance
37.
The United States government decided to move the Native Americans from their land to the
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
38.
The land west of the ______________ was thought to be worthless.
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Rocky Mountains
39.
Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?
a)
the rich and well-born
b)
Native Americans
c)
the common people
d)
states' rights supporters
40.

What does the Indian Removal Act do?

a)

Pushes all Native Americans into Florida

b)

Allows Georgia to use Native Americans as slaves

c)

Enacts the policy of assimilation

d)

Moves Native Americans west beyond the Mississippi River

41.

The Trail of Tears refers to

a)

Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.

b)

the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

c)

government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

d)

the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.

42.
About __________________ Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears.
a)
400
b)
1500
c)
4000
d)
15000
43.
The war with Mexico BEGAN with
a)
California's rebellion
b)
a border dispute in Texas
c)
the Battle of Buena Vista
d)
a US invasion of Mexico City
44.
What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?
a)
Length of the journey
b)
Disease
c)
Weather
d)
All of the above
45.
Why would people head West on the Oregon Trail?
a)
Free pizza at the end of the trip.
b)
They win a million dollars.
c)
New land, opportunities & life.
d)
The Oregon coast was prettier than the East coast.
46.

Mexican and Chinese miners worked hard and found a lot of gold, but they also faced discrimination. What is discrimination?

a)

unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic

b)

given fair treatment

c)

when others help each other out

d)

treating others like you want to be treated

47.
What was it called when miners used pans to separate dirt from gold? 
a)
Gold sifting
b)
Dirt panning
c)
Panning for gold
d)
Pan searching
48.

The Homestead Act was written to encourage people to

a)

move to eastern cities

b)

mine and raise cattle in the west

c)

settle and farm western lands

d)

avoid border conflicts with Mexico

49.

What was the MAIN reason the government wanted Native Americans on reservations

a)

to keep them from starving

b)

to take their land

c)

to preserve the remaining buffalo

d)

to teach them new skills

50.

The hope of getting rich in the California Gold Rush motivated people to head out west.

a)

True

b)

False

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