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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT O'DELL
15/16 Q'S EXAM QUESTIONS
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-Guarantee passing score -52 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
Answer:
Manifest destiny
Question 2: What is a territory?
Answer:
unorganized land owned by a country that is not yet a state.
Question 3: What was gained through the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?
Answer:
a good railroad route to California
Question 4: What did pioneer women achieve well before women in the East?
Answer:
They earned wages equal to those of men.
Question 5: Why was discovering South Pass important to opening the West to settlers?
Answer:
It was the easiest path through the Rocky Mountains, which was difficult for settlers in wagons to cross.
Question 6: What is a legacy of John Frémont and Zebulon Pike?
Answer:
They explored the West.
Question 7: Why did some northerners oppose the annexation of Texas?
Answer:
Texas allowed slavery.Question 8: What was one contribution of Chinese immigrants to the United States?
Answer:
cultural diversity Question 9: Why did missionaries like Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and Henry and Eliza Spalding move west?
Answer:
They wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Question 10: What was Mexico's policy toward slavery in 1830?
Answer:
It was illegal.Question 11: What agreement did Great Britain and the United States make in the 1820s concerning Oregon?
Answer:
They had joint ownership of the Oregon Country.
Question 12: What was one effect of the California gold rush?
Answer:
California achieved statehood.
Question 13: What was included in the deal that the United States made with Spain in 1819 to end the conflict over Florida (the Adams-Onis Treaty)?
Answer:
America paid Spain for damage caused by Jackson; America got Florida; America recognized Spain's claim to Texas.
Question 14: What was an important legacy of the early missionaries to Oregon?
Answer:
They converted American Indians.
Question 15: How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?
Answer:
It doubled the nation's size.Question 16: Before the early 1800s, which two countries claimed the Louisiana Territory?
Answer:
United States and Great Britain
Question 17: Why did single women pioneers move to the West?
Answer:
To gain more independence and freedom.
Question 18: What was the Mexican-American War fought over?
Answer:
land ownership of Arizona, New Mexico, and California.
Question 19: What event contributed to the start of the Mexican-American War?
Answer:
the annexation of Texas by the U.S. Congress
Question 20: What is a rancho?
Answer:
A large ranch in California or Texas that raised livestock like cattle or sheep.
Question 21: What did Biddy Mason achieve in the West?
Answer:
She legally won her freedom from slavery.Question 22: What does it mean if a country is going to "annex" another country?
Answer:
a large country will add the smaller country to itself.
Question 23: What was a campaign slogan in President Polk's 1844 campaign?
Answer:
"All of Oregon or none!" Question 24: Who was important to the survival of the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Answer:
American Indians
Question 25: Who were the Mormons?
Answer:
A religious group that moved from New York to Ohio to Illinois to Missouri and eventually to Utah to create their own religious community.
Question 26: Why did the United States want to acquire Florida?
Answer:
to end raids on Georgia farms
Question 27: The ancestors of the Californios were...
Answer:
Spanish.
Question 28: What was President Polk's plan for the United States?
Answer:
He wanted the United States to increase its territory.
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