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Unit 7 knowledge practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This territory set an example for an orderly expansion of new states. It included outlawing slavery in the new states and reaching a population of 60,000.

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Communist Manifesto

c)

Football teams formed in Notre Dame

2.

There were many Asian immigrants arriving in the Western United States in the 1800's. Many worked the dangerous railroad jobs that developed transportation in the Southwest.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which religious group traveled to Utah for religious freedom.

a)

Quakers

b)

irobots

c)

Mormons

d)

Lutherans

4.

What states did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo allowed the United States to gain?

a)

Texas and California

b)

New York and Greenland

c)

Alaska and Hawaii

5.

Which trail did this religious group take to settle near what is now Salt Lake City?

a)

Mormon Trail

b)

Trail mix

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Trail of no Return

6.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo did the following:

Recognize Texas as a part of Mexico

Make the Rio Grande the border of Mexico and United States

Grant the Mexico Cession

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 did the following:

double the size of the United States

gave control of the Mississippi River to the U.S.

allowed Americans to m ove further West

allowed Thomas Jefferson to begin to grow the country

a)

True

b)

False

8.

(a)   is the idea the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

9.

What is the title of this painting by John Gast?

(a)  

10.

Who had the most railroads?

a)

Northern states

b)

Southern states

c)

Guatemala

11.

President Polk wanted California to become a state because there were mostly Americans already living there.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Sacagawea was a guide and translator to Lewis and Clark

a)

False

b)

True

13.

Chinese immigrants were mostly in California in the mid 1800's. What type of jobs were males mostly working?

a)

Mining and hard labor jobs getting natural resources

b)

establishing railroads in California and the Southwest

c)

they were mostly politicians

d)

They only wrote songs for commercials

14.

What does John O'Sullivan hope to spread across the land?

a)

American Democracy

b)

butter

c)

Communist Manifesto

d)

lies and rumors

15.

The U.S.-Mexican War was from 1846-1848. Describe one cause and one effect of the war.

(Remember your IXL lesson and worksheet information)

Please Use complete sentences.

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