Manifest Destiny and the West

Manifest Destiny and the West

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Manifest Destiny and the West

Manifest Destiny and the West

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Created by

Jaclyn Lutts

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event led to rapid population increase in 1849 in California?

Discovery of Gold

Treaty of Moultrie Creek

Gadsden Purchase

Chinese Immigrants

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which treaty gave the United States the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming?

Treaty of Paris

Lousiana Purchase

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Adam-Onis Treaty

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the phrase used to describe the idea that the U.S. should posses everything from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"

Manifest Destiny

"Remember the Alamo!"

49ers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what document did Texas declare it's independence from Mexico?

Adams-Onis Treaty

Mexican Constitution

Lone Star Republic Declaration

Texas Declaration of Independence

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After Andrew Jackson battled in Florida, Spain realized that they could not hold Florida so what do they do?

Attack the U.S.

Gain more power in Central America

Issued a warning

Agreed to cede Florida to the U.S. for $5 millon

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the capital of Florida moved to Tallahassee?

It was the largest city in Florida

It was midway between the former capitals of East and West Florida

It was the businesses center of Florida

It was close to the Ocean

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did the U.S. send to explore the Rocky Mountians that were later part of the Mexican Cession?

Zebulon Pike

Sam Houston

Stephen Austin

Zachary Taylor

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