Westward expansion STAAR review

Manifest destiny is the idea that

• neutrality is the best policy.
• the best legislature is unicameral.
• the United States should control all of North America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• Andrew Jackson was destined to be a weak president.

* Blasting tunnels through mountains
* Building bridges across rivers
* Leveling hills and filling hollows

• permanent housing for immigrants.
• canals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast.
• a transcontinental railroad.
• a harbor on the Mississippi River.

________________- was a policy of establishing the principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States.

• Judicial Review
• Northwest Ordinance
• Federalism
• Manifest Destiny

This is the belief that the United States should own all the land from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

• Expansion
• Imperialism
• Manifest Destiny
• None

What year was the Louisiana Purchase made from France?

• 1787
• 1803
• 1903
• 1861

Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California

Which two men are famous for their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
• Meriwether Lewis and James Madison
• William Clark and Thomas Jefferson
• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Which of the following inventions made communication over long distances possible in the 1800s?

• Steamboat
• Steam Locomotive
• Telephone
• Telegraph

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers
• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy
• Polluted the air and the natural environment
• All of the above

I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker.

• African American
• European Immigrant
• Mexican American
• Asian Immigrant