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Grade 8 The Frontier
What was one goal of the Wilmot Proviso?
  1. To ban slavery in all of the United States
  2. To allow slaves to travel to free states
  3. To ban slavery from the territories gained from the Mexican American War
  4. To allow people to vote directly on issues instead of using an elected representative
Grade 8 The Frontier
From whom did the U.S. buy Florida?
  1. England
  2. Russia
  3. Canada
  4. Spain
Grade 8 The Frontier
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican American War,
  1. the US paid $15 million for the territory known as the Mexican Cession.
  2. the US received Mexican territory that included the future states of CA, NV, NM, AZ, WY, and CO.
  3. the US-Mexican border was set at the Rio Grande.
  4. all of the above.
Grade 8 The Frontier
The Transcontinental railroad line connected the Atlantic coast to which other coast?
  1. Indian Coast
  2. Pacific Coast
  3. Great Lake Coast
  4. Lake Champlain Coast
Grade 8 The Frontier
Which animal was raised by ranchers on the open range?
  1. Cattle
  2. Buffalo
  3. Antelop
  4. Osterich
Grade 8 The Frontier
What major development that occurred in the 1860s helped stimulate the cattle-raising business?
  1. Native Americans began working as cowboys.
  2. Railroads made it possible to ship beef to eastern markets.
  3. Hardy new cattle were imported from Europe.
  4. Large areas of the country had been fenced off.
Grade 8 The Frontier
Manifest Destiny refers to
  1. the concept that Native Americans must be converted to Christianity.
  2. the justification for US expansion into the West.
  3. the resurgence of religious fervor in the US.
  4. the movement to have free, public education for all people in the US.
Grade 8 The Frontier
The belief that exploration of the West was ordained by God is known as
  1. Social Gospel
  2. Manifest Destiny
  3. Final Destination
  4. Mormonology
Grade 8 The Frontier
Settlements at the end of cattle trails were known as
  1. cow towns.
  2. boomtowns.
  3. cowboy towns.
  4. railroad towns.
Grade 8 The Frontier
The men of the Peoria Party were led by                        .
  1. Robert Stuart
  2. Lieutenant Zebulon Pike
  3. Thomas J. Farnham
  4. none of the above
Grade 8 The Frontier
Witch state was not received in the Louisiana Purchase?
  1. Mississippi
  2. Texas
  3. South Dakota
  4. North Dakota
  5. New Mexico
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The movement of great numbers of people to California after gold was discovered there in 1848 is called:
  1. The Great Migration
  2. Gold Rush California
  3. Go West, Young Man
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One of the primary purposes of the Dawes Act was to
  1. turn Native Americans into farmers.
  2. rebuild the Native American nations.
  3. restore the tribal ownership of land.
  4. encourage the Native American population to increase.
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