Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States.
Identify racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their reasons for immigration.
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Which event led to the rapid settlement of California by American settlers? (8.6B)
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Purchase of the Oregon Territory
Discovery of gold in California
Completion of the California Trail
Removal of California Indian tribes
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In the mid-1800s, the California and Oregon territories experienced a sharp increase in the number of American settlers moving to those areas. These steep increases in the American population quickly led to the-- (8.6B)
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United States closing the western territories to further settlement
discovery of gold in the California and Oregon territories
United States granting statehood to both California and Oregon
tensions between the two territories as they completed for settlers
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Which event led to the rapid settlement of California by American settlers? (8.6B)
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In the mid-1800s, the California and Oregon territories experienced a sharp increase in the number of American settlers moving to those areas. These steep increases in the American population quickly led to the-- (8.6B)
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How did the development of westward trails, such as the Oregon Trail, contribute to the growth of the United States? (8.6B)
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Throughout the 19th century the United States continued to acquire new lands through treaties, wars, and purchases. While some were critical of this approach, the United States explained their actions by stating that-- (8.6B)
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What would be the title for the painting? (8.6B)
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How did the westward trails, like the ones below, contribute to the growth of the United States? (8.6B)
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Which factor contributed most to the population change shown in this table? (8.11A)
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According to the excerpt, the Gadsden Purchase was intended to-- (8.11A)
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This discovery of gold in 1849 led to the rapid growth of which Western state, now the country's largest in population? (8.11A)
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According to the excerpt, the Louisiana Purchase was acquired to-- (8.11A)
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Between 1800 and 1840, a system of roads, railroads, and canals was developed to link cities from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This led to all of the following EXCEPT-- (8.11B)
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What effect did the mining technique described in this excerpt have on the local environment? (8.11B)
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To protect the frontier from westward expansion, the United States created a system of national-- (8.11B)
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The quote below best reflects how which of the following immigrant groups interacted with the environment? (8.11B)
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Which of the following would have been the effect on the environment from the mining technique in the image below? (8.11B)
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These immigrants settled mainly in the western United States throughout the 1800s, enduring harsh conditions and racial hostility to labor in mines and national projects like the Transcontinental Railroad. From what country did they come? (8.23A)
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Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century? (8.23A)
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Which of these was a primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the early 1820s? (8.23A)
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This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from-- (8.23A)
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Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s? (8.23A)
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In the 1840s, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape-- (8.23A)
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Around 1846 about 70,000 Mormon settlers began their exodus to the Utah territory. The Mormons were going to the Utah territory with the hopes of-- (8.23A)
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Which of the following quotes below best represents a pull factor that accounted for much of the Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-19th century? (8.23A)
