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7 Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions

True or false

1 point

True or false: The idea of Manifest Destiny meant that U.S. expansion across North America was inevitable and peaceful.

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

A household considers moving west. Which explanation is supported as a possible motivation for migration?

A
Seeking farmland or work
B
Following a federal order to leave eastern cities
C
Claiming land that was guaranteed to be free of conflict
D
Avoiding the need to cross plains and mountains

Fill in the blank

1 point

The 1846 Oregon Treaty settled competing U.S. and British claims and set much of their boundary at the .

Written response

1 point

In what year did the United States buy the Louisiana territory from France? Enter the year in YYYY format.

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1 point

Which effects or experiences of U.S. expansion on Indigenous nations are supported? Select all correct choices.

A
Warfare
B
Pressure to make treaties
C
Loss of land
D
Forced relocation
E
Continued Indigenous resistance and survival
F
A voluntary transfer of all homelands without coercion

Choose one

1 point

What was one important consequence of the United States annexing Texas in 1845?

A
It settled U.S. and British claims to Oregon Country.
B
It contributed to a border dispute and war with Mexico.
C
It admitted California as a free state.
D
It ended disputes over slavery in the territories.

True or false

1 point

True or false: After the Mexican-American War, treaty provisions on property rights ensured that Mexican landholders in the ceded territories did not lose their land.

A
True
B
False

Fill in the blank

1 point

Under the Compromise of 1850, which state was admitted as a free state?

Written response

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What was the 1853 purchase of additional land from Mexico in what is now southern Arizona and New Mexico called?

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Which statements about overland migration are supported? Select all correct choices.

A
The Oregon and California trails carried migrants from eastern starting points across plains and mountains.
B
The trails made overland travel safe and easy for most migrants.
C
Overland journeys were difficult and dangerous.
D
Some people traveled west to join family or seek opportunities such as the California Gold Rush.
E
Migration west occurred only because the federal government required it.

Choose one

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Which description best explains how the Kansas–Nebraska Act changed the way slavery's status would be decided in those territories?

A
It required every new territory to prohibit slavery.
B
It admitted California as a free state and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.
C
It allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide the slavery question and repealed the Missouri Compromise restriction.
D
It settled U.S. and British claims to Oregon Country.

Open ended

1 point

According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, what river was recognized as the Texas boundary?

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1 point

Which river did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo recognize as the Texas boundary?

A
The Mississippi River
B
The Rio Grande
C
The Missouri River
D
The Colorado River

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1 point

In what year did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo end the Mexican-American War and transfer a large area from Mexico to the United States?

A
1845
B
1848
C
1850
D
1853

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1 point

Which outcome best describes the 1846 Oregon Treaty?

A
It transferred Oregon Country from Mexico to the United States.
B
It set the Texas boundary at the Rio Grande.
C
It settled U.S. and British claims to Oregon Country, setting much of their boundary at the 49th parallel.
D
It established the local decision on slavery in Utah and New Mexico.

Choose one

1 point

A map shows U.S. claims extending west of the Mississippi River after a land transfer in 1803. Which event does the map most likely depict?

A
The United States bought a vast territory from France, extending its claims west of the Mississippi River.
B
The United States annexed Texas after it declared independence from Mexico.
C
The United States acquired land from Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American War.
D
The United States and Great Britain settled competing claims to Oregon Country.

Choose one

1 point

A family chooses an overland trail west because they hope to farm and join relatives. Which broader pattern does their decision illustrate?

A
Most migrants traveled west to resolve the dispute over slavery in Congress.
B
Migrants were sent west by the federal government under the Oregon Treaty.
C
The trails were used primarily to move Indigenous nations to new homelands.
D
People traveled west for varied reasons, including farming, trade, work, family, and economic opportunities.

True or false

1 point

Manifest Destiny meant that U.S. expansion across North America was inevitable and peaceful.

A
True
B
False

Written response

1 point

What was the name of the belief, popular among many white Americans in the 1840s, that the United States was destined to spread across North America?

Written response

1 point

The Missouri Compromise restricted slavery in much of the remaining Louisiana Purchase north of $36^\circ 30'$ . What is that latitude in decimal degrees?