This page shows a list of test questions in the 8th Grade Social Studies public release collection at MSDE. 8th Grade Social Studies
Unit "4 - Geographic Expansion and Political Division (1820-1860)," Topic "Westward Expansion"
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This is a multiple choice question that allows you to select only one option.
What was one effect that the rapid population growth in California in the late 1840s had on the sectionalism debate?
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Read the lyrics.
Oh! times are tough, amazing rough,
Expenses are alarming,
I will go West, it’s far the best,
Try my luck at farming.
For the idea, of staying here
To just earn your gruel,
Makes me feel sad and sometimes mad
’Tis so awful cruel.
Goods are so high, I heave a sigh,
At the cost of living,
My loving wife, she sees the strife
And has a spell of crying.
—“I Will Go West!” by J.P. Barrett, 1875
Which group’s views are best represented by these song lyrics?
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Select two phrases that describe negative impacts of Manifest Destiny.
