CKLA Westward Expansion

Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California

Which of the following inventions from the early 1800s made the transportation of people and goods across rivers and canals much faster and easier?

• Steamboat
• Steam Locomotive
• Air Plane
• Telegraph

Which of the following inventions from the early 1800s made the transportation of raw materials and goods over land much faster and easier?

• Steamboat
• Steam Locomotive
• Bus
• Car

President Andrew Jackson offered to pay for Native American land and give them more land west of the Mississippi River if they would leave.  What was this process called?

• Americanization Policy
• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Westward Expansion
• Land Trade

As a result of Westward Expansion, what tragic event took the lives of over one third of the Native American people as they moved to Indian reservations?

• The Trail of Tears
• The War for Independence
• The French and Indian War
• The War of 1812

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker.

• African American
• European Immigrant
• Mexican American
• Asian Immigrant

What is the Pony Express?

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

President Jackson sent soldiers to remove the ____ to the Indian Territory.

• Cherokee
• Iroquois
• Souix
• Red Hawks

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma
• to Florida
• to the Louisiana Purchase
• to Canada