MJUS History Module 5 Practice Exam

Directions: Using your notes, 411 files, and what you learned in reading the lessons, choose the best answer for each prompt. Once you have complete this practice exam, contact me so we can go over some of the items and answer any questions you may have.

The MJUS History exams are based upon the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards [NGSSS] requiring students to take their thinking from simple understanding to applying their knowledge. Our exams require a comprehensive look at history based upon the module content. This test is not ‘read and answer the questions’ type of exam. It is a read, think about the prompt, consider the who, what, when, why ,when, and where of the prompt, eliminating options which do not match, and then choosing the response that best answers the question type of exam! This practice guide is comprised of questions, which mirror the types of questions a student will experience during the exam.

Strategies for taking this type of exam:

Read each prompt
Consider the who, what, where, when, how and why [when applicable] in regards to the prompt
Read each answer choice
Eliminate the choices that don’t match based upon the who, what, where, when, why and how from the prompt
Choose the best response that answers the question

1 .What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?

to create a slave state and a non-slave state
to create a free state where fugitive slaves could live
to establish a line between slave and non-slave states
to settle a disagreement between Missouri and Arkansas
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2. What made Oregon difficult to settle at first?

wars between several Native American tribes
a conflict between the United States and Mexico
constant raids between Native Americans and settlers
a dispute between the United States and Britain over Oregon's borders
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3. Why was the United States interested in obtaining the California Territory?

access to salmon fisheries
access to the Texas oil fields
access to the Alaskan Territory
access to trade routes to Asia

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4. What made it difficult for Mexican leaders to secure their borders?

a severe lack of horses
a small population of settlers
terrain that was difficult to travel
constant raids from Native Americans
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5. Which answer best describes the main purpose of Monroe Doctrine?

to claim new U.S. territories in the West
to warn European countries to stop colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
to express that American politics and ideals were superior
to encourage Americans to move westward to the Pacific
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6. Which answer best explains how America's war with Mexico affected Texas?

Texas became a U.S. territory.
Texas remained a territory of Mexico.
Texas was divided into two territories.
Neither the U.S. nor Mexico would claim Texas.
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7. Which answer best explains why the Cherokee were one of the last tribes to relocate under the Indian Removal Act?

The Cherokee fought removal through the U.S. legal system.
The Cherokee were more accepting of white settlers than other tribes.
The Indian Removal Act only applied to tribes west of the Mississippi River.
The U.S. government had treaties with the Cherokee that prevented removal.
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8. What often caused conflict between tribes in the Indian Territory?

trade between tribes
differences in religious beliefs
boundaries for hunting land
the division of crops from shared farmland
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9. Rattlesnake Springs was one of the stockade camps where Cherokees were initially collected after being forced off of their land. It is located in the far southeastern corner of Tennessee, near the North Carolina border. Six hundred Cherokees camped at Rattlesnake Springs in July 1838, waiting to leave for the West. More than 4,800 Cherokees waited at camps in this general area before relocation. The final council of the Eastern Cherokees was held at Rattlesnake Springs. Lamentations were pronounced and the council determined to continue their old constitution and laws in the new land. Based on the case study, what was the likely effect of these stockade camps on the local white settlers?

The resources needed for both soldiers and Native Americans were quickly used up and then not available to the settlers.
Businesses swarmed to the area to make money and settler's incomes increased.
The military presence brought jobs to the areas, but also increased the need for law enforcement.
Missionaries and doctors set up permanent buildings to care for everyone, and the local governments took them over later.
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10. What was one plan that received support from antislavery and pro-slavery Americans?

to end slavery in the northern states
to pay slaves a wage for their work
to move free African Americans back to Africa
to educate African American children in all states
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11. How did the Mexican-American war affect the Missouri Compromise?

When claiming statehood, the territories in the southwest gained through the war claimed lands on both sides of Missouri's border which caused unbalance between free and slaveholding states.
The territories gained through the Mexican-American war increased the population in Missouri, and the population reduction reached during the earlier compromise was no longer needed or wanted.
Almost 40% of the territories gained during the war were Canadian territories, which resumed the arguments in Congress about which territories should be admitted as new states and which should not.
Because France fought with the United States during the war, their government felt the debt owed to them by America should increase and should be included as part of a new compromise between the countries.
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12. Which of the following best describes Oregon in the 1830s

Both the United States and Britain claimed the Oregon Territory, and neither wanted to engage in war to settle the dispute.
Oregon had only been settled by the Native Americans, and they were willing to fight to maintain control of the territory.
Mexico owned the majority of the Oregon Territory, and they were only willing to sell it if the U.S. paid a very high price for it.
Oregon was a territory owned by the United States, and it had not applied for statehood because a compromise about slavery could not be reached.
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13. Which of the following best describes the Homestead Act of 1862?<group:8

Settlers who agreed to live in the West were paid for each acre they "improved" with crops.
If settlers moved to the West, they were provided government assistance to build homes.
Settlers who moved to the West were exempt from paying property taxes for three years.
If settlers lived and farmed the land for five years, they earned ownership without payment.
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14. How did the early West cause a cultural transformation in the United States?

Mexicans and Americans were forced to live together after the Mexican War resulting in a mix of cultures in the western United States
Because of the gold rush, many cultures came to the West and interacted with each other resulting in cultural awareness for the United States.
The Transcontinental Railroad in the West allowed visits to foreign countries, and people were able to experience other cultures for the first time.
The U.S. purchased the Oregon Territory from Britain and Mexico, and those citizens still lived there after the purchase, mixing their culture with American culture there.
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15. Which of the following is one of the main effects of the 1849 California Gold Rush?

Many new cities sprung up across the West.
The country quickly felt the effects of new wealth.
Distrust among settlers grew into armed conflicts.
Native tribes in California were removed to the East.
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16. Which of the following best describes the role of Native Americans in Mexico before the Mexican-American War?

They organized a rebellion against the Mexican government.
They blocked Mexican roads, which prevented trade and transportation for Mexico.
They burned Mexican cities, which led to the destruction of the Mexican government.
They attacked Mexican residents and led raids that left Mexico unable to fight the Americans.
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17. One of the reasons for Gadsden Purchase was to allow the United States to build a Transcontinental Railroad. What was another purpose of the Gadsden Purchase?

to allow the United States to have access to Mexican seaports#^
to settle arguments over money owed to Mexico from raids by Native Americans
to give the United States rights to coal mines discovered in former Mexican territory
to extend the area gained by the United States from California to the Canadian border
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18. Which answer best explains how slavery was an issue in relation to the Mexican-American War?

The spread in slave trading to Asia caused disagreements amongst Americans.
There was a great deal of disagreement over whether slaves should fight in the war.
The United States and Mexico disagreed over who had ownership of slaves that lived in Texas.
Americans disagreed over whether slavery should be allowed in the land gained during the war.
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19. When dealing with slavery, the government made some decisions which gave the states more rights and some that took rights away from the states. Which of the following gives one example of each?

the Louisiana Purchase and the Texas Annexation
the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Act
the Dred Scott Decision and the Anthony Burns Case
the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850
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20. The Cherokee Nation eventually won a case against the state of Georgia, and the Supreme Court ruled that the Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional. Which best explains why the Cherokee still gave up their territory and relocated west of the Mississippi?

The military attacked the Cherokee until they gave up their territory.
Georgia offered to pay them for their gold if they allowed the U.S. to mine it.
The Cherokee agreed to move when the government offered them more land in Indian Territory than they had in Georgia.
The U.S. Senate ignored the fact that the Cherokee did not support a treaty that made them give up their land.
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21. Which best expresses the changes Native Americans faced when they arrived at Indian Territory?

x-They were unfamiliar with many of the diseases and died as a result.
The land was difficult to farm, so they had to learn new ways of hunting.
They were forced to join in peaceful protests against the government.
Tribes that had not been allies before needed to create new pacts of alliance.
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22. Which answer best describes a main benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad?

It proved to the world that the United States was capable of great feats of engineering.
It created safe, high-paying jobs for immigrants who wanted to work building the railroad.
It created jobs, towns, and a quick path for Easterners to come to California to try to make their fortune.
It raised the prices of goods shipped across the country, making merchants and the railroad companies rich.
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23. Which answer best describes why the Watt steam engine important to America in the 1830s?

The first gold mining tools, using the Watt engine, were designed for the gold rush.
x-The first American steamboat, based on Fulton's design, used the Watt engine.
The first American roads were built using Fulton and Watt's steam engine.
The first American locomotive was powered by Watt's steam engine.
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24. What key issues were at the heart of the arguments over Indian removal?

the wealth of a few individuals versus the right of individual freedom
the rule of law in a new land and the question of liberty for all people
the exploitation of natural resources and the removal of undesirable people
the white settlers desire for more land and the Native Americans' independence
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25. Which answer correctly compares the outcomes after Worchester v. Georgia and Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?

Georgia won in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and the Cherokee were removed; Worchester v. Georgia gave the Cherokee more land in the West.
The Cherokee won in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, but that decision was overturned when Georgia won the Worchester v. Georgia decision.
Georgia won in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia but little changed; Worchester v. Georgia was in favor of the Cherokee but they lost their land anyway.
The Cherokee won in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and remained on their land; Worchester v. Georgia was in also favor of the Cherokee but they lost their land anyway.
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