Westward Expansion Vocabulary Assessment

Westward Expansion Vocabulary Assessment

By GEMPS MICHELOT

​Lesson Objective: Students will assess their knowledge of vocabulary terms relating to Westward Expansion

​DIRECTIONS: Read each statement and determine whether it is true or false. Please use your vocabulary organizer to review the definitions.

Multiple Choice

Sally’s dad lives in a RURAL area. He has a large farm, he grows potatoes and eggplants. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Southern PLANTATIONS used heavy machinery to plant and grow crops.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Andrew Carnigie was a NATIVE AMERICAN. He was born in Scottland and moved to the United States at a very young age.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Sitting Bull was a NATIVE AMERICAN. He was the leader of the Lakota Sioux a tribe that lived in what is now South Dakota.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

When a country DOES NOT WANT to be legally responsible to honor an agreement they could sign a TREATY.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The area in our country known as the Great Plains make up most of the original 13 colonies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Pioneers were people who stayed and settled in urban areas such New York City.  

• TRUE

• FALSE

​Directions:Read each slide carefully then determine which multiple choice option is correct.

Multiple Choice

Manifest Destiny

• The idea share this land with the Native Americans and make every effor to assimilate into their society.

• Is the belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand its civilization from east to west from the Atlantic to the Pacific, "from sea to shining sea"

• The ideas that Americans wanted to take over the entire world.

Multiple Choice

Justifiable

• Done for a good reason/ to prove something is right or fair

• To prove someone wrong

• Done for a bad reason/ something is rude and unfair

• To gain appreciation for something

Multiple Choice

Acquisition

• Taking something that is rightfully yours

• Giving something away that is bad

• The act of getting/gaining or acquiring something

• Pondering or wondering

Multiple Choice

Territory

• All of the states in the US

• An area of land that is small but over crowded

• An area of land that belongs to or is controlled by a government

• A large group of Native Americans

Multiple Choice

Diplomacy

• Starting a war with another country

• The act of giving something up

• Keeping a good relationship between countries and governments

• Refusing to do what was asked of you

Multiple Choice

Physical Feature

• A movie

• A natural feature of land, such as water, mountains and deserts

• A piece of land taking over by humans

• Territory of the Native Americans

Multiple Choice

Countries are usually separated by ________.

• maps

• globes

• a body of water

• borders

Multiple Choice

According to the Constitution a states level of _____________ in Congress is based the states population.

• representation

• economy

• a body of water

• voting power

Multiple Choice

Throughout the history of the United States there has always been a debate as to how far newly arrived immigrants should try to _____________ into the majority "American Culture".

• segregate

• seperate

• assimilate

• resist joining

Multiple Choice

Native American tribes of the Great Plains used to live in__________. They were easy take apart and rebuild as the tribe would follow the ________ herds that ________ throughout the MidWest.

• tepees, horses, ran

• igloos, polar bears, migrated

• tepees, bison, migrated

• tents, bison, migrated

Multiple Choice

As a result of the _____________ in 1803 the United States instantly doubled in size.

• American Revolution

• Louisiana Purchase

• Westward Expansion

• Transcontinental Railroad

Multiple Choice

During Westward Expansion as more Americans ventured west and setteled territories eventually became states. Anti-slavery northerners fought to prevent these new states from becoming slave states. Subsequentally pro-slavery southerners fought to turn many of the new states into slave states. This struggle is an example of the ___________ divide between the North and South.

• international

• foreign policy

• domestic

• sectional

Multiple Choice

During the Westward Expansion . The United States wanted to concentrate on expanding its borders domestically  and establishing itself as a strong independent nation. Therefore the government maintained a __________ in which the

U. S stayed out of the international affairs  of other nations in order to concentrate on our nation’s  domestic development.

• international

• foreign policy

• domestic policy

• sectional

Multiple Choice

Consider the following statement below.  “The lands to the west of us are wild and untamed. It is our Godly duty to bring civilization to those who live there and are deprived of it. For we would indeed be selfish men if we continue to allow them to live in darkness.” Which of the following terms below best reflects the beliefs provided in the statement above?

• Foriegn Policy

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Westward Expansion

• Manifest Destiny