8th Grade Ch. 12 "Manifest Destiny" (Sections 1 & 2) Assessment 2024-2025

According to the 19th-century concept of Manifest Destiny, who should possess the North American continent?

• Native Americans
• the British
• the Spanish
• Americans

What increased the pioneers' fear of Native American attacks?

• refusal of Native Americans to trade with pioneers
• distinctive customs of Native Americans on the trail
• fiction about the west that exaggerated such accounts
• experiences recorded by mountainmen and Mormon leaders

Why did northerners object to the annexation of Texas?

• It would support the Missouri Compromise.
• It would increase the nujmber of free states.
• It would increase the number of slave states.
• It would create additional alliances with Mexico.

What role did ranchos play in the growth of California?

• They were mining camps that became crowded towns.
• They served as missions to convert Native Americans.
• They were resistance centers against Mexican rule.
• They formed the basis for the region's econonmy.

What did California's explosive population growth lead to?

• ranchos
• statehood
• canals
• slavery

Using the map below, answer the following question: In what order did the U.S. acquire the following territories?

• Florida, Texas, Oregon
• Texas, Florida, Oregon
• Florida, Oregon, Texas
• Texas, Oregon, Florida

Using the map below, answer the following question: In which decade did the United States acquire the most territory?

• 1780's
• 1810's
• 1840's
• 1850's

Using the map below, answer the following question: Which two (2) territories were purchased?

• Texas and Oregon
• Texas and Gadsden
• Louisiana and Florida
• Louisiana and Gadsden