Module 5 Test Review 3

Question 1

Which expresses the end result for Britain in the border dispute?

Accepted Answer

The British territory was smaller than that of the U.S.

Question 2

Which action during westward expansion had the most negative impact on the lives of slaves?

Accepted Answer

The Fugitive Slave Act

Question 3

Why was the Watt steam engine important to America in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

The first American steamboat used it

Question 4

The event shown in the map is a cause of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Gadsden Purchase

Question 5

Which contributed the most to San Francisco's population change?

Accepted Answer

The Gold Rush

Question 6

In in favor of the Cherokee in Worchester v. Georgia, how did the States respond to Andrew Jackson?

Accepted Answer

they felt encouraged to remove the Native Americans.

Question 7

Which of the following explains why President Monroe said this?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. would not help with independence movements.

Question 8

Why were the Cherokee forced onto the Trail of Tears?

Accepted Answer

Leaders signed a removal treaty with the U.S. government.

Question 9

How did the outcome of the Mexican-American War affect trade in the United States?

Accepted Answer

It made trade with Asian countries easier.

Question 10

Why did politicians in the South wanted to admit an equal number of free states and slave states to the Union?

Accepted Answer

to prevent abolitionists from controlling Congress.

Question 11

What describes the Homestead Act of 1862?

Accepted Answer

if settlers lived and farmed, they earned ownership without payment

Question 12

Which details the benefits of the Erie Canal?

Accepted Answer

boats could move quickly between the lakes and ocean

Question 13

How was slavery an issue in relation to the Mexican-American war?

Accepted Answer

disagreements whether slavery should be allowed in the new land

Question 14

How did Florida became a U.S. territory?

Accepted Answer

Spain and the U.S. signed the Adams-Onis Treaty.

Question 15

What was an effect of the California Gold Rush in 1849?

Accepted Answer

Settlers from the U.S. and the world helped grow the cities

Question 16

How did westward expansion affect Native American tribes?

Accepted Answer

settlers killed bison, lowering the amount of food

Question 17

What was the impact of improved transportation on American life?

Accepted Answer

Improved transportation made shipping faster and cheaper

Question 18

What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

Accepted Answer

the U.S. paid Mexico for the land

Question 19

Why Americans feel they should move westward?

Accepted Answer

They believed that they had a God-given right.

Question 20

Which factor contributed to growing conflict over slavery from the 1820s through the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

Territorial expansion

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