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TEKS Social Studies Grade 8 - 8.6.B: Explain The Political, Economic, & Social Roots Of Manifest Destiny

Quiz by TEKS Social Studies Grade 8

Grade 8
Social Studies K-HS (Archived)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

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  • Q1
    The bullet points in this list would most likely be included in an essay about —
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    the rise of the Republican Party
    the growth of the secession movement in southern states
    the emergence of Manifest Destiny
    abolitionist groups in the western territories
    60s
    8.6.B: Social Studies - History
  • Q2
    During the 1840s the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?
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    The American System
    Manifest Destiny
    States’ Rights
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act
    60s
    8.6.B: Social Studies - History
  • Q3
    This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported —
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    social Darwinism as a justification for expansion
    prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United States
    making Manifest Destiny an official federal policy
    federal financing of transportation systems in the West
    60s
    8.6.B: Social Studies - History
  • Q4
    What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
    He was against removing American Indians from their native lands.
    He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi River.
    He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
    He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.
    60s
    8.6.B: Social Studies - History

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