Westward Expansion

What was the goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• to find gold

• to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• to purchase the Oregon Territory

• to trade with French settlers

California grew rapidly after which of the following was discovered there?

• oil

• gold

• diamonds

• silver

Who invented the electric telegraph?

• Meriwether Lewis

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

The Louisiana Purchase covered lands between the __________ and _________, and doubled the territory of the United States.

• Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains & Mississippi River

• Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean

• Appalachian Mountains and Pacific Ocean

The route used by many pioneers to travel to the Pacific Northwest crossing two thousand miles with a beginning point in Independence, Missouri is known as the ___________.

• Santa Fe Trail

• California Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Oregon Trail

To whom did the United States pay $15 million to gain California, New Mexico, and all the land north of the Rio Grande?

• Mexico

• Spain

• France

• Texas

The journey of the Cherokee who were forced to move from their homes in the Southeast to the Indian Territory became known as the

• Wilderness Trail

• Indian Removal Act

• Louisiana Purchase

• The Trail of Tears

Daniel Boone and a group of men built the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains. What effect did this Wilderness Road have?

• It increased the production of cotton and tobacco.

• It led to war with France.

• It opened the American West to settlement.

• The government outlawed the sale of guns to Native Americans.

What is the name of the site of a major battle in Texas’ fight for independence?

• The Brazoa River

• The Rio Grande

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Alamo

In the early 1800s, France and Great Britain were again at war with each other. France did not want the United States to trade with Great Britain, and Great Britain did not want the United States to trade with France. Infer which of the following sentences states the view of the United States?

• The United States would only trade with France.

• The United States would trade with all countries except France and Great Britain.

• The United States could trade with any country would trade that would trade with it.

• The United States would only trade with Great Britain.