Unit 7: Review Westward Expansion
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- Q1What do Texas and California have in common?Both depended on slave laborFormer Mexican TerritoriesLarge coal depositsSettled by Mormans60s
- Q2What two states were a part of the Gadsden Purchase?California and ArizonaNew Mexico and ArizonaNevada and ArizonaNew Mexico and Texas60s
- Q3How did the US gain the Oregon Territory?Mexico sold it for $10 millionRussia sold it for $15 millionAfter a treaty with BritainThe US voted for annexation of Oregon60s
- Q4What goal did the US achieve after gaining the Oregon Territory?Gained land for the Southwest railroadSecured the Southern border of the USGained the Western territories for the Native AmericansCompleted expansion westward to the Pacific60s
- Q5Why was there a large immigration of Irish in the 1800s?Civil War between Catholics and ProtestantsUnemployment from British mercantilismPolitical unrest in IrelandPotato crop famine60s
- Q6Why was there a large migration of Chinese in the mid 1800s to the US?Potato Famine in IrelandReligious FreedomFree land in the MidwestThe US had an economic boom and lots of jobs60s
- Q7How did James K. Polk manage to become the 11th President of the United States.He opposed slavery west of the Mississippi RiverHe favored voting in Kansas and NebraskaHe didn't want to relocate the CherokeeHe promised to fulfill the United States goal of "Manifest Destiny"60s
- Q8Which land territory was a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?Oregon TeritorryMexican CessionTexasLouisiana Territory60s
- Q9What land territory began the Mexican American War?TexasMexican CessionLouisiana TerritoryOregon Territory60s
- Q10Why did so many people migrate to California in 1849?The California gold rushThe Homestead ActThe Cherokee were forced outMormans wanted religious freedom60s
- Q11What ended the Mexican American War?Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoTreaty of GhentTreaty of Paris 1783Treaty of Paris 176360s
- Q12What law gave free land West to settlers?Boycotting British GoodsAnnexing TexasHomestead ActPurchasing the Gadsden60s
- Q13What is the name of this painting?The Beautiful AngelHomeward BoundWestward ExpansionAmerican Progress60s
- Q14What principle of government does this picture representChecks & BalancesRepublicanismFederalismSeparation of Powers60s
- Q15What principle of government does this picture represent?Checks & BalancesSeparation of PowersRepublicanismFederalism60s