5th Grade Social Studies Chapter 10 Test Review

Settlers wanted to cross the Appalachians because

• land on the east coast was filled with farms and towns

• they wanted religious freedom

• the trip across the mountains and into the west was hard

• they were looking for gold

How did families travel to the lands west of the Appalachians?

• they swam

• they traveled in wagons or floated down rivers on flatboats

• they walked

• they drove

Life on the frontier was

• fun

• boring

• easy

• hard

Why did fighting occur on the frontier?

• it was difficult to cut trees and clear land

• the Indians did not want the colonists to stay and live on the land

• Indians sold land to the settlers

• life on the frontier was lonely

Choose the event that happened first

• Daniel Boone explored the Cumberland Gap

• settlers killed Chief Logan's family

• the Wilderness Road was built

• British law forbade colonists from crossing the mountains

Which country sold Louisiana to the United States?

• Italy

• Canada

• France

• Mexico

The Louisiana Purchase

• doubled the size of the United States

• was land claimed by the Spanish

• decreased the size of the United States

• was won in a war against France

Why were the expeditions of the Discovery Corps and Zebulon Pike important?

• Zebulon Pike found the source of the Mississippi River

• pioneers and traders stopped exploring the area

• Lewis and Clark found a water route to the Pacific

• the expeditions led the way for pioneers and traders

Why did the United States and Britain become enemies?

• Britain was at war with France

• American soldiers were helping the Indians fight against the British

• President Monroe wrote the Monroe Doctrine

• British officers forced American sailors to serve in the British Navy

Why did Tecumseh want Indians to do?

• he wanted them to unite to keep settlers away

• he wanted them to arm the British with weapons

• he wanted them to create settlements in the East

• he wanted them to help the United States in their fight against Britain