Unit 07: Westward Expansion - From Sea to Shining Sea 1780s-1850s STAAR Questions

support settlement of U.S. territory gained through the U.S.-Mexican War

According to the excerpt above, the Gadsden Purchase was intended to —

promote the free-enterprise system

After the War of 1812, thousands of settlers and immigrants moved to the western frontiers of the United States in search of farming and business opportunities. In response, the government began building roads. This transportation network was intended to —

expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean

As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the United States achieved its goal of —

Famine caused by a major crop failure

Between 1846 and 1855 the population of Ireland decreased by a third, including the approximately 1.5 million Irish immigrants who left for the United States. What was the primary reason for this migration?

Manifest Destiny

During the 1840s the factors in this diagram contributed to widespread support for which of the following?

By establishing a process for territories to govern themselves

How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?

a famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop

In the 1840s, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape —

harmed the communal structure of American Indian society

One effect of the Dawes Act was that it —

U.S.-Mexican War

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the —

process through which states could be added to the Union

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a —

established a method for admitting new states to the Union

The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it —

a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —

the emergence of Manifest Destiny

The bullet points in this list would most likely be included in an essay about —

opening new markets for goods

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by —

The influence of Spanish colonial heritage on the United States

The names on this map best reflect which of the following?

making Manifest Destiny an official federal policy

This excerpt provides evidence that in 1844 Democrats supported —

China

This list describes the nineteenth-century experiences of immigrants from —

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

This map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the...

Great Britain

This numbered area is what the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with...

Rivers became filled with sediment.

What effect did the mining technique described in this excerpt have on the local environment?

He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny.

What was one reason James K. Polk won the presidential election of 1844?

Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

What was one result of the law described above?

Immigrants settled in the Midwest to establish small farms.

What was one result of these regional differences?

1) Mining; 2) Metal ores and minerals

Which economy and contributing factor best complete this table?

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Which event on the timeline contributed most directly to the outbreak of the U.S.- Mexican War?

Formerly part of Mexico

Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

Former Mexican territory

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram above?

Improved transportation to western states expanded trade and settlement.

Which of the following was the most direct result of the environmental modifications listed above?

Texas

Which of these best completes the diagram?

Former Spanish colonies

Which of these characteristics also describes these two states?

Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North.

Which of these directly resulted from the event announced in this headline?

Occupying all of North America

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

To seek gold

Which of these was a primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the United States in the early 1850s?

An economic boom in the West

Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?

"There is no failure in the potato crop. . . ."

Which quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?

To defend U.S. territory from Mexican aggression

Which reason did the United States give for declaring war against Mexico in 1846?

Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.

Why did the economies of western territories develop so differently from the economies of the Northeast and South?