Westward Expansion Review

Daniel Boone is known for creating what passageway to the West?

• Wilderness Road

• Kentucky Road

• Oregon Trail

True or False: Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the west.

• True it was Thomas Jefferson

• False it was Andrew Jackson

Zebulon Pike is known for exploring what region?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Northwest

• Ohio

• Southwest

Which team explored the Louisiana Territory?

• Lewis and Clark

• Daniel Boone

• Zebulon Pike

What is Manifest Destiny?

• It was the God-given right of the United States to create a national bank.

• It was the God-given right of the United States to expand from coast to coast.

• It was the God-given right of the United States to be independent from Great Britain.

• It was the God-given right of the United States to make an alliance with Canada and Mexico.

The discovery of what natural resource lead many people to migrate to California?

• Soil

• minerals

• gold

• silver

Why did some people migrate to the West?

• They were looking to strike it rich drilling for oil.

• They were hoping to get land and make money by farming or mining for gold.

• They were trying to prevent the Native Americans from settling in the new territories.

• They saw the money that could be made by fishing along the Mississippi River.

Why did people move West of the Appalachian Mountains in the early 1800's?

• These lands were safe from Native American attacks.

• These lands offered economic opportunities different from the North and the South.

• These lands provided very few natural resources.

• These lands were difficult to farm.

How did the California Gold Rush impact American settlement of western territories?

• It increased the cost of travel.

• It attracted settlers who wanted to become rich.

• It forced the military to defend settlers.

• It decreased the power of the military.

Why did the Mormons move west?

• They wanted to create a society where they could practice their religion freely.

• They wanted to create large cotton plantations.

• They wanted to create a state where slavery was legal.

• They wanted to create wealth by mining gold.