Expanding the Borders Unit Test
Which statement best describes the effects of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie?
Correct answer (1 pt) The Indians crossed artificial boundaries, setting the stage for conflict.
2. How did Mexican independence affect trade? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Mexico allowed its people to trade with foreign ships and the United States.
3. Who were the Mountain Men? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) young American trappers and traders in the Rocky Mountains
4. What did 15-year-old A. H. Garrison recall about life the first winter his family lived in Oregon? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) The deep snow killed most of the family’s livestock.
5. Why did New Mexico, Texas, and California attract expansionists in the 1820s? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) They were rich in resources and thinly settled.
6. What spurred American trade with northern Mexico? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) the revolution that established Mexico as an independent republic
7. What happened to pioneer John Bidwell, who settled in California? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Bidwell became a United States Congressman and ran for President.
8. What Texan leader defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Sam Houston
9. At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in exchange for _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) New Mexico and California
10. Journalist John J. O’Sullivan wrote an influential editorial about _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Manifest Destiny
11. Why did the coup led by Antonio López de Santa Anna anger Anglo-Texans and Tejanos? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) It sought to undermine their autonomy.
12. Which of the following stirred discord between the North and the South? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) California’s application for statehood
13. In the 1840s and 1850s, where did Mormons, led by Brigham Young, settle? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) in present-day Utah
14. The Spanish, like Father Junípero Serra, built _____ in California. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) missions
15. Which person first used the term “Manifest Destiny”? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) John L. O’Sullivan
16. People who believed in Manifest Destiny were known as _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) expansionists
17. Which geographical feature did many westward emigrants bypass? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) the Great Plains
18. What did expansionists mean by the term Manifest Destiny? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) It was God’s will that the United States own all of North America.
19. Which was the pioneers’ first priority? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) building shelters
20. In the 1820s, Mexico invited American settlers into _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Texas
21. A pioneer family in the Far West cleared the land and planted crops using _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) hand tools
22. Which statement is true of miners’ actions toward Native Americans in northern Oregon? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Miners attacked and killed men, women, old people, and children.
23. In which social causes did Annie Bidwell become active while she lived in California? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) temperance and women’s suffrage
24. Which statement is correct about Manifest Destiny? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Manifest Destiny was a new, catchy term for an idea that many Americans already had.
25. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase increased the area of the United States by _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) one third
26. How did emigrants traveling west gain security? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) They traveled in groups to help each other.
27. After Mexico won independence from Spain, it made many land grants to _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) rancheros
28. In the mid-1830s, what did both Anglo-Texans and Tejanos want for Texas? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) They wanted independent control of their own affairs.
29. Who was President of the United States during the Mexican-American War? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) James K. Polk
30. To protect settlers in New Mexico, the Spanish paid Comanche and Navajo allies to attack the _____. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) Apaches
To find the correct answers to the questions in the Expanding the Borders Unit Test, you can use the following steps:
1. Read the question carefully and understand what it is asking.
2. Look for keywords in the question that can help you locate the information in your study materials or resources.
3. Use your knowledge of the topic and the information you have studied to narrow down the options and choose the most accurate answer.
4. Cross-check the answer options with the information you have learned to ensure that it aligns with your understanding.
5. Select the answer that best matches your findings.
Remember to take your time and to refer back to your study materials if necessary.