Westward Expansion test

Westward Expansion test

5th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Westward Expansion test

Westward Expansion test

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Commander of the Texas Army, first President of Texas, later U.S. senator for Texas

Sam Houston

Santa Anna

James K Polk

William Henry Harrison

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The route settlers took to travel to Oregon that took bravery because of harsh conditions

Conestoga Trail

Oregon Fever

Oregon Trail

Santa Fe Trail

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mexican Cession

Mexican American War

Mexico gives up land of Texas to U.S.

Belief that U.S. should go from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean

Period in 1840's when gold hunters went West

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alamo

City in Texas

Fort used by Americans in Texas

train that traveled through Texas

Fort in California

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Town whose population grows quickly is called a ___________

Pop Town

Fast Town

Gold Town

BoomTown

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were many Americans moving out West?

to be with their families

good, cheap farmland

better weather conditions

fight Native Americans

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were the people that moved to Calfornia for the gold rush called "forty niners"?

There were forty none of them

They traveled forty nine miles to get to California

Most of them arrived there in 1849

They liked the football team

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