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Moving West Comprehension Check

Authored by RIAN SCHOENHALS

Social Studies

4th - 5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these things is NOT true about our first President, George Washington?

He chose the location for the country's capitol. 

He was the first and only President to be unanimously voted in.  

The inauguration took place in New York City.

He was the first President to live in the White House.  

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two people in Washington's cabinet disagreed on many things.  Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had different ideas on how the government should be ran.  Their disagreements led to the countries  first what?  

Political Parties

Electoral College 

War

Pioneers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

President Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to try to buy the port city of New Orleans.  This led to what?  

The Louisiana Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Monroe Doctrine 

Manifest Destiny

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the concern from Jefferson and Congress about the Louisiana Purchase?  

They would not have enough money.

They could not handle all the new land.  

They were concerned it went against the Constitution.

The Spanish may invade and take the land.  

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Louisiana Purchase gave us land all the way from the Mississippi River to where?

Appalachian Mountains

Rocky Mountains

California

Pacific Ocean

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson wanted to explore the land.  Who did he select to lead this expedition?  

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

James Madison and Robert Livingston

Andrew Jackson and Daniel Boone 

James Monroe and Alexander Hamilton

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Jefferson want to know about the Louisiana Territory?

Explore the Missouri and Columbia Rivers to try and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean

Meet and learn about the American Indians who lived in the region

Study and take notes on the landforms, plants, and animals they found

All of these

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