Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

5th Grade

11 Qs

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Westward Expansion

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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This painting was completed in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War. At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?
The need to establish national parks
The threat of industrial pollution
The abundance of wildlife
The promise of a new beginning for the nation.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
obey the Book of Mormon
prosper in the fur trade
seek out religious freedom
gold

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
Manifest destiny 
Monroe Doctrine 
Great Awakening 
Louisiana Purchase

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The primary goal of manifest destiny was
End slavery in the new territories
removal of European influence from South America
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
secession of southern states from the nation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which two men are famous for their expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Meriwether Lewis and James Madison
William Clark and Thomas Jefferson
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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