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WorksheetsU3Ch2 study guide
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What does this image represent?
Manifest Destiny
the Trail of Tears
the Monroe Doctrine
the Mormon migration
Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to Part A?
the Native Americans fleeing
the angelic figure headed west
the new forms of transport technology shown
the heavy clouds and mountains in the background
After gaining its independence from Spain, the Mexican government ________.
moved troops into areas claimed by the United States
encouraged American settlers to move to Texas
established a monarchy
offered to sell Texas to the United States
immediately legalized the practice of slavery
How did President James K. Polk provoke war with Mexico?
He allowed slavery to be practiced in Texas.
He ordered U.S. troops to cross the Nueces River.
He ordered U.S. troops to attack the town of Santa Fe.
He refused to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.
Which of the following groups settled in the West to escape religious persecution?
the Californios
the Exodusters
the Forty-Niners
the Mormons
Use the graph to answer the question.
By 1850, California had become the wealthiest state in the Union.
Most miners who traveled to California in search of gold became wealthy.
The discovery of gold in California quickly increased the territory’s population.
The experience of migrants to California weakened Americans’ belief in Manifest Destiny.
Use the image to answer the question.
railroads
telephones
newspapers
the Pony Express
What was the primary purpose of the Homestead Act?
To provide free education to settlers
To encourage settlement by offering free land
To build more railroads
To remove Native Americans from their land
What was the main reason settlers moved westward in the 1800s?
To escape the Civil War
To find gold and other resources
To establish new trade routes
To join the military
Which group was most negatively affected by the westward expansion of the United States?
European immigrants
Native Americans
Railroad workers
Southern plantation owners
This image is most closely associated with
Texas independence
Mexican independence
the Gadsden Purchase
the settlement of Oregon
Which of the following were most responsible for expanding U.S. territory into Texas and areas west of the Rocky Mountains?
the Homestead Act
the Indian Removal Act
the Worcester v. Georgia case
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
How did the U.S. government help in the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
The government gave 160 acres of free land to anyone who would settle on it and farm for at least five years
The government gave railroad companies a gift of ten square miles of land alongside each mile of track they built.
The government raised taxes on American businesses and passed the revenue along to the companies building the railroad.
The government passed the Indian Removal Act to force Native Americans off of land needed for the transcontinental railroad.
