Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

5th - 8th Grade

12 Qs

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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5th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the belief that Americans should settle and extend the U.S. from the east coast to the west

manifest destiny

Destiny's Child

Indian removal

prospecting

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As people moved west, new communities suddenly grew in population and economic growth. These places were known as

the Great Plains

reservations

boomtowns

retirement villages

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People who settled in new places along the frontier were known as

prospectors

pioneers

caravans

49er's

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

American Indians were moved by the U.S. government off their native lands on to

boomtowns

reservations

the Great Plains

the frontier

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were

were the founders of the Mormon religion and moved their settlements out west

were the founders of the Baptist religion and moved their settlements to southern plantations

were the founders of the Brooklyn Dodgers who moved their team to Los Angelos

were prospectors who made millions of dollars in California

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An important trade route going between Missouri and New Mexico used from about 1821 to 1880

The Oregon Trail

The Santa Fe Trail

the Transcontinental Railroad

the Great Plains Railroad

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A famous trail from Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s and made into a popular video game in the 1970 and 1980's.

The Oregon Trail

The Santa Fe Trail

the Trail of Tears

Monty Python and the Holy Trail

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