Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

7th - 8th Grade

50 Qs

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

Assessment

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History

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.1.4, RI.4.3, RI.2.1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What law allowed  a person to claim 160 acres of land in the western territories?

The Homestead Act
The Dawes Act
The Morrill Act
The Land Grab Act

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

1 min • 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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which view is expressed in the excerpt in the image?

advocacy of abolitionism
defense of federalism
support for the Monroe Doctrine
belief in Manifest Destiny

6.

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

the amount of bison did not change
the amount of bison decreased
the amount of bison increased
bison migrated east

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