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US/VA History crash course Westward expansion
US/VA History crash course Westward expansion
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Which current US states belonged to Mexico in the 1820s?
Oregon, California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,
NONE 'Merica!
Texas, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, California, and Arizona
Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, California
2
Why did Mexico have trouble securing their border lands?
people moved away after the Dust Bowl
They did not have enough citizens living in those areas
Taxes were too high in those areas
Native Americans helped US soldiers invade the territory
3
Who protested the Mexican American war and wrote Civil Disobedience?
Henry David Thoreau
Abraham Lincoln
John Green
Norman Osing
4
Why did the Americans living in Tejas want independence from Mexico
They were being taxed too much
The wanted more autonomy (slavery)
They were forced to buy Mexican tea
They wanted to freely practice Catholicism
5
Which of the following goes along with the US policy of "Kill the Indian Save the Man"
Massacre at Wounded Knee
Boarding school in Carlisle, PA meant to civilize Native Americans
The Indian Removal Act
Gen. Custer's last stand
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Which of the following is NOT is method used to destroy Native American's way of life
Taking Indian land
Forcing Indians onto reservations
Repealing the Dawes act
Killing Buffalo
7
Thomas Jefferson's economic vision for the US can be described with which phrase?
"Mo Farms Mo Problems"
"America First"
"Empire for Liberty"
"Banking Republic"
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Manifest Destiny was the belief that America did NOT have the right to take Indian land in the west.
True
False
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Who was the first person to coin the phrase Manifest destiny?
John Muir
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
John L O'Sullivan
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Westward expansion was about...
racism
freedom
war mongering
economics
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Who is Stephen F Austin?
He sold plots of Mexican land to Americans
One of the few survivors of the attack on the Alamo
He led the charge against Mexican forces in Mexico city
He was the first Governor of Austin Texas
12
What color shirt was John Green wearing?
Blue t-shirt
Green Polo
Blue striped Polo
Redskins jersey (toilet paper)
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Who wrote the Mystery document
Sitting Bull
James K Polk
Chief Joseph
Andrew Jackson
14
The Oregon territory was controlled by
United States
Great Britain
Great Britain and the United States
Canada
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Why did congress NOT want to annex the newly independent Texas initially?
No new states were permitted into the union until 1848
They didn't like the people that lived in Texas
They thought it would provoke a war
Texas was too big
