The Age of Jackson & Manifest Destiny Test

The Age of Jackson & Manifest Destiny Test

8th Grade

30 Qs

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The Age of Jackson & Manifest Destiny Test

The Age of Jackson & Manifest Destiny Test

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Monique Keith

Used 26+ times

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a tariff?

Tax on imported goods

Tax on exported goods

Tax on services, like haircuts and

Tax on anything your principal wants

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the word nullify mean?

To leave or withdraw from a country

To declare something illegal

To choose to ignore something someone says

To declare something null and void

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does it mean to “secede?”

To withdraw from a club, country, or organization

To join a club, country, or organization

To threaten to leave a country

To choose to ignore a law in a country

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes Manifest Destiny?

The belief that the U.S. was destined to be the best country in the world

The idea that God gave permission to the U.S. to fight anyone they wished

The belief that the U.S. was the most powerful country in the world, and everyone has had a duty to respect that

The idea that the U.S. had permission from God to expand west

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did so many Americans end up in Mexico’s state known as Texas?

Americans invaded the area believing it their right to do so

Mexico invited Americans in to keep their claim on the area

Americans slowly pushed into Mexico and Mexico never noticed

Mexico refused to let Americans in, but they came in anyway

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a requirement United States citizens had to do to become Mexican citizens?

Learn Spanish

Pay a Fee

Convert to Catholicism

Possibly change their religion

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did former U.S. citizens bring enslaved people to Mexico, when Mexico outlawed slavery?

They snuck them in illegally

They ignored the law and brought them openly

They converted these people to “indentured servants”

Most never brought enslaved people

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