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100

Why were many northerners opposed to the idea of giving Texas statehood?

  • they were against expanding the United States
  • they did not want to take the land away from the Native Americans
  • they did not want Texas to disturb the balance between slave and free states in Congress
  • they believed the land rightfully belonged to Mexico

they did not want Texas to disturb the balance between slave and free states in Congress

100

Which of the following was a cause of war between the United States and Mexico?

  • the California border                                        
  • the issue of slavery in Texas
  • the southern border of Texas                       
  • the impressments of American sailors

the southern border of Texas

100

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the size of the United States?

  • It cut the nation's size in half.
  • It quadrupled the nation's size.
  • It doubled the nation's size.
  • It gave the nation to the British.

It doubled the nation's size.

100

What was the result of the Mexican War?

  • the United States gained Texas
  • the United States gained the Mexican Cession
  • the United States and Mexico became permanent allies
  • the United States abolished slavery in Mexico

the United States gained the Mexican Cession

100

What was the phrase manifest destiny mean? 

  • the US should be 2 separate nations
  • the US should abolish slavery
  • the US should expand across the entire continent
  • the US should trade with Mexico and Canada

the US should expand across the entire continent

100

Which event was most responsible for creating a diverse population in California?

  • the gold rush
  • the Treaty of Fort Laramie
  • the invention of the steel plow
  • the war with Mexico

the gold rush

200

Why did some northerners oppose the annexation of Texas?

  • Texas allowed slavery.
  • Spain had a claim to Texas.
  • Texas was too large to be a state.
  • Spain demanded too high a price for Texas.

Texas allowed slavery.

200

What was the purpose of the foreign policies of President James Polk involving Texas, California, and the Oregon Territory?

  • remain neutral toward western territories
  • continue traditional American isolationism
  • weaken the Monroe Doctrine
  • fulfill the goal of Manifest Destiny

fulfill the goal of Manifest Destiny

200

Which of the following were the people known as "forty-niners” associated with?

  • the California gold rush
  • the American landing at Veracruz
  • the controversy over California's application for statehood
  • the settlement of Oregon and establishment of its northern border

the California gold rush

200

What was gained through the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?

  • the end of a long border dispute with Mexico
  • an end to illegal immigration to the United States
  • a land grant to increase the size of Arizona
  • a good railroad route to California

a good railroad route to California

200

What piece of Westward Expansion legislation is described below?

  • Maine entered as a free state
  • Missouri entered as a slave state.
  • The 36'30 line was established to keep balance of free and slave states.
  • Only affected land from the Louisiana Purchase

 

  • The Compromise of 1850
  • Missouri Compromise
  • Fugitive Slave Act
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise

200

Which group of immigrants is credited with the building of the Transcontinental Railroad? 

  • Spanish
  • Mexican
  • Chinese
  • Irish 

Chinese

300

The Kansas-Nebraska Act impacted the issue of slavery by allowing popular sovereignty. What is popular sovereignty?

  • Slavery is automatically allowed anywhere.
  • Congress decides if slavery is allowed.
  • The people who live in an area vote to decide if they want to be a free or slave state.
  • Slavery is automatically outlawed.

The people who live in an area vote to decide if they want to be a free or slave state.

300

Which of these was one effect of the California gold rush?

  • California achieved statehood.
  • California grew in size.
  • California lost much of its population.
  • California went to war with Mexico.

California grew in size.

300

Which of the following banned the slave trade in Washington DC, made California a free state, and set the Fugitive Slave Act?

  • The Compromise of 1850
  • Missouri Compromise
  • Fugitive Slave Act
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Compromise of 1850

300

"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" referred to a boundary dispute in which territory

  • Texas
  • California
  • Missouri
  • Oregon

Oregon

300

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

 

  • Manifest Destiny
  • Great Awakening
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Louisiana Purchase

Manifest Destiny

300

What was built on the land bought during the Gadsden Purchase? 

  • A southern railroad
  • A school
  • A bridge
  • An Indian reservation

A southern railroad