Westward Expansion Part 1 Review

What was one reason pioneers started to move west?

• They wanted new houses.
• They wanted to fish.
• They wanted cheap farmland.

What did the Americans call the idea that it was their God-given right to claim lands from coast to coast?

• Annexation
• Lousiana Purchase
• Fair trade
• Manifest Destiny

Which of the following were economic reasons for moving west?

• Fur trading
• gold
• established cities and towns
• all of the above

Why did the Mormons want to move west?

• They wanted a change in scenery.
• They wanted to escape religious persecution.
• They wanted cheap farmland

When we began moving west, whose land did the settlers take?

• African Americans 
• Native Americans
• Mormons

I made westward trails through the Appalachian Mountains

• Daniel Boone
• Meriwether Lewis
• Zebulon Pike 

I was sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the westward lands.

• Daniel Boone
• Lewis and Clark
• Zebulon Pike 

I explored the southwestern regions of the United States and discovered that it was a desert. 

• Daniel Boone
• Lewis and Clark
• Zebulon Pike 

There is a mountain peak named after me. 

• Daniel Boone
• Lewis and Clark
• Zebulon Pike 

My major trail was called the Wilderness Trail. 

• Daniel Boone
• Lewis and Clark
• Zebulon Pike