American History Westward Expansion 1st Half

American History Westward Expansion 1st Half

7th - 8th Grade

19 Qs

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American History Westward Expansion 1st Half

American History Westward Expansion 1st Half

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History

7th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

mountains
crossing rivers
the great plains
all of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

NA could not get enough supplies and this lef to poverty
NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers
NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Pony Express?

The name of a horse
A new town
A way to deliver mail
A horse race

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

The Great Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Fever
The Monroe Doctrine

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?

Indian Removal Act
Civillization ACt 
Manifest Destiny Act
Indian Territory Act

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

Caused everyone to get along better
expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Idea started in the 1600s
The king said that we had to the right to move west

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

Texas Annexation 
Louisiana Purchase
Northwest Territory
Mexican Cession

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