Worksheets3.5 A Changing Nation
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The annexation of Texas was opposed by many Northerners because_______.
Texas allowed slavery
Spain still claimed Texas
Texas was too large to be a state
The purchase price was too much
What territory did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican-American War?
Texas
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
What happened when people rushed to California to search for gold?
The population in California decreased.
California joined the Union as a slave state.
Mexico regretted giving the territory to the US.
California's population increased and businesses developed to service gold miners.
Florida could not become a state until which of the following happened?
A free state joined the Union.
A slave state joined the Union.
It agreed to end slavery.
Texas joined the Union.
This treaty ceded Florida to the United States from Spain.
Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent
Armistice Agreement
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Which statement below accurately describes the impact of Westward Expansion on the Native Americans?
The Native Americans' wealth increased through the sale of Native lands
Reduction of Native populations through disease and involuntary relocation
Increase of their food supply and essential resources
Increased resentment towards forced assimilation into American culture
What was the main goal of “Manifest Destiny”?
To relocate Native American tribes to reservations west of the Mississippi River
To remove all European colonies form the Western Hemisphere
To create a profitable partnership with Mexico
To expand the United States until it stretched from coast to coast
The following map shows a land purchase made by the United States. What was the significance of the Gadsden Purchase?
It started another costly conflict with Mexico.
It doubled the size of the continental United States.
It provided more farmland to meet the demand for cotton.
It moved the Mexico-America border to where it is today.
The great discovery that encouraged many to migrate to California was ____.
gold
silver
ranchos
boomtowns
How did Congressional compromises lead to statehood for Texas and Florida?
Congress drafted the Missouri Compromise to keep the balance in Congress.
Congress allowed Texas and Florida to join the Union as free states
Congress ratified the terms of the Great Compromise.
Congress delayed statehood until free states were ready to join the Union
__________ is the name of the Trail that emigrants used to get to Oregon.
The Alamo
The Oregon Trail
The Trail of Tears
The Mormon Trail
What was the belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean?
Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Joint Occupation
Indian Removal
Which state entered the Union as a slave state so that Iowa could enter as a free state and keep the balance in Congress?
Oklahoma
Kansas
Georgia
Florida
What became a rallying cry for Texan’s seeking independence from Mexico?
Remember the Whitmans
Remember the Alamo
Remember Sutter's Mill
Remember the Annexation
Which group represented about half of the population of Florida in the 1830s?
Enslaved people
Tejanos
Rancheros
Virginians
Which statement best describes why the Mormons left Illinois?
They had split away from their leader Brigham Young.
They sought to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
They wanted to escape persecution and find religious freedom.
They were looking for a milder climate and better farmland.
The main purpose of this map is to show:
How the United States and Britain agreed to divide Oregon.
The full route of the Oregon Trail.
The mountain ranges running through Oregon.
How large Oregon Country was.
Based on the events leading to its annexation, which U.S. territory is describe below?
1. The United States and Great Britain agreed to joint occupation of the area.
2. Fur traders, or mountain men, were the first Americans to live in this area.
3. In the 1830s Americans began traveling to this area. This began the “great migration” of 4. Americans coming west to start a new life.
5. Many Americans came to believe in Manifest Destiny, that the country should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
6. James K. Polk won the presidential election by supporting Manifest Destiny. His slogan was “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight.”
California
Florida
Utah
Oregon
