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Unit 7A (21-22)

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What main ideas make up Manifest Destiny? (Choose 3)

a)

Democracy is the superior form of Govt and must be spread

b)

Challenge to a new frontier

c)

Obtain valuable new resources

d)

Eliminate native Americans

e)

Increase trade with foreign countries

2.

What is the main idea this image is trying to communicate?

a)

Americans are destined to expand westward

b)

America must bring technology to the native Americans

c)

Americans must return to their rugged colonial roots

d)

The 2nd Great Awakening is being birthed.

3.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The idea that the USA is destined by God to overspread and possess all of the American continent

b)

The idea that the destiny of our nation lay in agriculture and livestock

c)

The idea that the American destiny lays in manufacturing and trade

d)

The idea that slavery must be spread to the entire world

4.

What idea is represented in the chart?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Tariff of Abominations

5.

What does the image portray?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Mexican Cession

6.

Deal reached to settle the issue of the expansion of slavery into the Louisiana Territory?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Texas War of Independence

d)

Manifest Destiny

7.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
8.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
9.
When was the Missouri Compromise reached?
a)
1820
b)
1850
c)
1776
d)
1803
10.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
11.

What line would was used to determine whether a state would be free or slave?

a)

36 30 line

b)

45 70 line

c)

mason-Dixon line

d)

Proclamation line

12.

What was the primary reason for the Missouri Compromise?

a)

To settle the question of slavery expansion into the Louisiana Purchase Territory

b)

To prevent the expansion of slavery into California

c)

To allow setters the right to settle in California

d)

To allow Missouri to become a free states instead of a slave state.

13.

Reasons why the Texas War of Independence began (CHOOSE 3).

a)

Mexicans confiscated (took) Texan's firearms

b)

Texans forced to learn Spanish and become Catholic

c)

Mexico banned slavery

d)

Texans forced to house Mexican soldiers

e)

Mexican taxation without representation

14.

Famous battle in which Davy Crockett was killed

a)

Battle of The Alamo

b)

Battle of San Jacinto

c)

Battle of Gonzales

d)

Battle of Mexico City

15.

Which river did Mexico claim was the international border between the U.S. and Mexico?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Nueces River

c)

Rio Bravo

d)

Mississippi River

16.

What river did the U.S. claim was the international border between the U.S. and Mexico?

a)

Nueces

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Rio Bravo

d)

Mississippi River

17.

Individuals involved in the Texas War for Independence? (CHOOSE 2)

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Davy Crockett

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

John C. Fremont

e)

John Sutter

18.

First man to bring American settlers into Texas?

a)

Stephen Austin

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Davy Crockett

d)

Santa Anna

19.

Final battle in the Texas Revolution in which General Sam Houston defeated General Santa Anna

a)

Battle of San Jacinto

b)

Battle of The Alamo

c)

Battle of Gonzales

d)

Battle of Mexico City

20.

These people blazed trails westward for others to follow.

a)

Mormon and Christian Missionaries

b)

Mountain Men

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

49ers

21.

Group of wagons who traveled westward in large groups

a)

Wagon Trains

b)

Wagon Groups

c)

Herd of Wagons

d)

Wagon Missionaries

22.

What was the primary land route that pioneers used to head west during the 19th century (1800s)?

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Santa Fe Trail

c)

Mormon Trail

d)

California Trail

23.

Where did the Mormons mostly settle in the west?

a)

Utah

b)

Nevada

c)

Oregon

d)

California

24.

The excerpt above is from which document?

a)

Texas Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

c)

Virginia Charter

d)

Articles of Confederation

25.

What famous battle is being depicted in the image?

a)

Battle of the Alamo

b)

Battle of New Orleans

c)

Battle of San Jacinto

d)

Battle of Harpers Ferry

26.

Who made their living out west by trapping and trading furs?

a)

Mountain men

b)

Politicians

c)

Western tribes

d)

Eastern Merchants

27.

Which trail is being represented?

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Mormon Trail

c)

Oregon Trail

d)

Oklahoma Trail

28.

Failed law that proposed to outlaw slavery in new territory gained in Mexican War

a)

Wilmot Proviso

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

Gadsden Bill

d)

54' 40 Bill

29.

President who acquired California and annexed Texas into the Union.

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Franklin Pierce

d)

Abraham Lincoln

30.

Which number represents the Gadsden Purchase that was purchased by President Franklin Pierce?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

31.

Land that was purchase from Mexico in 1854 for $10 million dollars so the transcontinental railroad could be completed and become new southern border with Mexico.

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Texas

32.

What was an consequence of the Mexican War?

a)

The country had to decide whether the new territory would be slave or free

b)

The country had to find a way to pay the new war debt

c)

The newly added land had aggressive native Americans

d)

The Mexicans continued to attack the Americans

33.

What was the large piece of land called that we obtained from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Louisiana Purchase

34.

What does the word "annexed" mean?

a)

to add

b)

to give

c)

to take

d)

to ignore

35.

3 Causes of the Mexican War (Choose 3)?

a)

Mexico disputed (disagreed) with Texas Annexation

b)

Texas International Border Dispute

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

American Military Raids into Mexico

e)

Mexico refused to repay American loans

36.

What river did the U.S. claim was the international border between the U.S. and Mexico?

a)

Nueces

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Rio Bravo

d)

Mississippi River

37.

Which river did Mexico claim was the international border between the U.S. and Mexico?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Nueces River

c)

Rio Bravo

d)

Mississippi River

38.

Which number is the disputed territory that led to the Mexican War?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

39.

Treaty that Ended the Mexican War

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris 1848

c)

Adams-Onis Treaty

d)

Clayton - Bullsworth Treaty

40.

What piece of land is #2

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Oregon Territory

d)

Texas

41.

What was the final boundary for the Oregon Territory?

a)

49th Parallel

b)

54' 40'

c)

36' 30'

d)

Rio Grande River

42.

How did the U.S. resolve the boundary dispute for the territory in the image?

a)

Land Treaty with the British

b)

Land Treaty with the French

c)

Land Treaty with the Natives

d)

Mexican War

43.

What event did the image lead to?

a)

Texas War for Independence

b)

Mexican War

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

Civil War

44.

Why did the Mormons want to move west?

a)

To escape religious persecution

b)

To look for Gold

c)

To find a new path to Asia

d)

To establish a new Kingdom of Heaven

45.

What term best describes number 1?

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

California

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

46.

What term best describes number 2?

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

California

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

47.

What term best describes number 4?

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

California

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase

48.

What term best describes number 5?

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

California

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Gadsden Purchase