Westward Expansion Quiz

What was one effect of the Louisiana Purchase on the United States?

• The Mississippi River belonged to France

• The port of New Orleans was closed to all trade from Spain

• The size of the United States was doubled

• A water route, or Northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean, was discovered

What was the reason for the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• To find new American Indian tribes.

• To purchase more land from other countries.

• To explore the Louisiana Purchase and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

• To find a trade route in the west.

In 1838 and 1839 the Cherokee nation was forced to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.

The Indian Removal Act-

• was put in place by Andrew Jackson which forced American Indians off their land and onto reservations.

• was Thomas Jefferson’s policy to expand the United States by forcing American Indians off their land.

• occurred as a result of the War of 1812 as punishment to American Indians for not helping Americans during the war.

• occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution to remove American Indians off their land to gain land to build more factories.

__________ was responsible for purchasing the land and _________________explored the land.

• Thomas Jefferson……Lewis and Clark

• Thomas Jefferson……Francis Scott Key

• Thomas Jefferson……Andrew Jackson

• Sacajawea…………....Lewis and Clark

In the Manifest Destiny painting, “American Progress”, what does the painting symbolize?

• Westward Expansion

• The Gold Rush

• Immigration to America

• The Louisiana Purchase

Manifest Destiny was the belief that--

• It was God’s will that America should expand west to the Pacific Ocean.

• American Indians should be forced off their land and put on reservations.

• Gold would be plentiful in the west.

• Immigrants should not be allowed to work in the west.

What would be the best title for the graphic above?

• Cowboys on the frontier

• Immigrants in the west

• Andrew Jackson’s Presidency

• American Indians in the west

What was the name of the Native American woman who guided and interpreted on the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• Tecumseh

• Sacagawea

• Newah

• Pocahontas

What is the best title for the list above?

• Benefits of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Westward Movement

• Effects of Agriculture

• Impact of the Pony Express

Which of the following states today was part of the Louisiana Purchase?

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