Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Westward Expansion

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did people flock to California in 1849?

To find gold
To spread Christianity
To move west
To find oil

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Mormons travel west to Utah?

To escape religious persecution
To find gold
To spread their faith
God told them to move to Utah

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What area was bought from Mexico that allowed a transcontinental railroad to go around the Rocky Mountains?

Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Territory
Texas Annexation
Louisiana Purchase

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A belief, by most Americans, in the 1800's that America should extend from coast to coast.

Santa Fe Trail
Manifest Destiny
John Jacob Astor
Gadsden Purchase

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

As the country expanded west...

The Native Americans were pushed further and further off their land.

The American west became more populated with people seeking cheap land and riches.

More divisions over slavery developed that would ultimately lead to the Civil War.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.

Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

land ceded (surrendered) by Mexico as a result of the Mexican war; contained the southwest portion of the U.S.

Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Cession
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Louisiana Purchase

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