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Study Guide for Westward Expansion - School Discovery Social Studies TechBook - 7.2
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1
Which state followed a path to joining the Union that was similar to that of Texas?
Missouri
New Mexico
Texas
California
2
Mexico's independence from Spain opened up new opportunities for:
merchants in the east
colonization
Vaqueros
Native Americans
3
Which area of the country was acquired in the Gadsden Purchase?
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
4
What was the primary attraction for most settlers moving west?
buffalo
available farmland
gold
ocean living
5
Group of people who opened small businesses catering to miners.
Chinese
Irish
Mexicans
women
6
Which issue dominated national politics in the 1840s?
slavery
territorial explansion
national boundaries
government
7
What determined a Pioneer's departure date to travel west?
frost
raining season
the heat of the summer
harsh weather in the Rockies
8
Who was perceived as having an unfair advantage in mining for gold?
Vaqueros
Women
Slaveholders
49ers
9
What city did the US capture that led to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe?
Buena Vista
Santa Fe
Mexico City
Guadalajara
10
Which territory acquisition achieved the United States' Manifest Destiny?
Texas
Oregon
California
Arizona
11
Which group of people wrote stories of rich farmland which encouraged w. settlement?
Mormons
Mountain Men
White Pioneers
49ers
12
What did Mexico demand in a treaty?
That CA become a slave state
that TX be added to the US
that TX remain in MX possession
that Mexicans become US citizens
13
What did opponents of the Mexican War worry about?
casualties
more slave states added to the union
violence
14
Difficulty for Native Americans on the reservations.
not getting along
not enough water
not enough food
used to being nomadic
15
Group of people that were pleased with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo were supporters of ________.
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
TX independence
Mexico's Independence
16
What event increased tensions between Mexico and the US?
Annexation of California
Annexation of TX
17
How did the US acquire AZ and NM?
Warfare
treaty
compromise
18
The role of women in the early 1800's.
business owners
government leaders
Company Owners
domestic and farming tasks
19
Who were the first settlers in Oregon?
pioneers
Vaqueros
mountain men
missionaries doing social sork
20
Where was gold found that caused "gold fever?"
Oregon
Rio Grande
Texas
Sutters Mill
21
Led to disease and accidents among miners.
infected mosquitoes
not used to rough living conditions
lack of food
dirty water
22
Living conditions in the west allowed women to ____________________.
become gov. officials
own land and take on jobs out of the home
become diplomats
become company owners
