Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny

Which of the following routes was used to bring people to the west in the late 1700s?

• Oregon Trail

• Wilderness Road

• U.S. Route 1

• California Trail

As early as 1775, Americans were moving to the west for more land. Where were they going?

• Dakota Territory

• California Territory

• Ohio Valley

• Trans-Appalachia

Which of the following events doubled the size of the United States in 1803?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Guadalupe

• Treaty of Paris

• Gadsden Purchase

What was the concern about this growth of U.S. land in 1803?

• That it was too expensive for the U.S. to pay for

• No one would move out to the wilderness

• Opponents of slavery worried about its spread into new areas

• How to find the all-water route to the Pacific

What did President Jefferson want Lewis and Clark to do in the Louisiana Territory?

• Explore the northern part of the Louisiana Territory

• Find the source of the Mississippi River

• To place all the Native Americans onto reservations

• Make maps for railroads to build their tracks

How was the Lewis & Clark Expedition important to Americans?

• Loss of land and culture through genocidal actions

• We now knew where the all-water route was located

• Developed good relations with Indians & we learned to coexist

• Opening of the west for settlement & development

Which explorer found the source of the Arkansas River in the Louisiana Territory?

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• Zebulon Pike

• Fremont & Long

African-Americans living in the west were called:

• Exoduster

• Homesteader

• Land Speculator

• Slaves

This congressional act guaranteed settlers 160 acres of land in the west if they worked the land for 5 years:

• Dawes Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

• Transcontinental Railroad Act

Which of the following events in 1849 drew 250,000 people to the west in just a few short years?

• Gold & silver discoveries in Colorado

• California Gold Rush

• Gold Rush in the Klondike

• Homestead Act