Westward Expansion Review

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west

This President purchased the Louisiana Territory ---

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• James Monroe

Which of the following did NOT help explore the Louisiana Territory --

• Robert Fulton

• Meriweather Lewis

• William Clark

• Sacagawea

The Louisiana territory ______ the size of the United States!

• Doubled

• Tripled

• Made Smaller

• Quadrupled

Expansion of the US occurred during WHAT time period?

• 1900s

• 1800s

• 1600s

• 1780s

The most famous route West was the ---

• Oregon Trail

• Washington Trail

• Missouri Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

TRUE or FALSE: The journey was long, but easy for the pioneers moving West.

• True

• False

True or False: The weather was never an issue for pioneers and settlers.

• True

• False