Unit 1: Topic 1 - US Westward Expansion Test Review

Unit 1: Topic 1 - US Westward Expansion Test Review

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10th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

__________________________ was the belief that European Americans should take over the entire North American continent

Populism

Nativism

Manifest Destiny

Racism

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Westward expansion occurred more quickly after what two factors were introduced?

The transcontinental railroad was constructed

The removal of the Indians

The rise of the cattle kingdom

The Homestead Act

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead act said that homesteaders could gain title to land by doing 1 of the two following things: ______

Cultivating the land for 5 years

Building a house on the land

Buying the land for $1.25 an acre

Kicking Native Americans off their reservation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was NOT a pull factor of Westward migration.

Faster/cheaper travel West

More open space

Hard time growing crops on soil in the west

the Gold Rush

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

European American expansion west rapidly decreased the population of what minority in the United States?

Mexican - Americans

Native Americans

Chinese Immigrants

Irish Immigrants

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who attacked first at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

The Sioux

General Custer

The Irish Immigrants

the buffalo soldiers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This event marked the end of the Indian Wars.

Wounded Knee

The Battle of Little Bighorn

The Battle of Black Water Bay

The Battle of the Alamo

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