Unit 7 Test Review

All of the following were reason people moved West EXCEPT-

• good farmland

• adventure

• gold

• slavery

Which of the following is the best title for the list below?

-Louisiana Purchase

-Republic of Texas

-Oregon Territory

• Areas Settled by the Dutch

• Areas Explored by Lewis and Clark

• Examples of Early American Colonies

• Examples of U.S. Territorial Expansion

In an effort to achieve Manifest Destiny, all of the following were areas of western expansion by the United States EXCEPT-

• Louisiana Purchase

• Calgary Stampede

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

As Americans moved west, still more ________________ moved to the United States, givin it a continuous source of labor.

• farmers

• soldiers

• pioneers

• immigrants

Why did MOST pioneers move to the Midwest?

• new cities to explore

• to open new stores

• for good farmlands

• to be close to the ocean

As the U.S. expanded westward, it acquired land through all of the following means EXCEPT-

• by purchasing land from Native Americans

• by purchasing land from other countries

• by fighting wars with Native Americans that held the lands

• by fighting wars with other countries that held the land

Those who supported the idea of Manifest Destiny believed that the United States should-

• stretch from ocean to ocean

• spread democracy overseas

• pay settler to live on the plains

• give land to American Indian tribes

Which statement best describes how U.S. settlement patterns were changing in the early 1800's?

• Most people lived in large urban centers

• Urban areas of the North were rapidly increasing

• Southerners were moving from the south to the north

• Population in the North was decreasing as people moved to the west

-Telephone

-Radio

-Television

-Personal Computer

In what field have all these inventions benefitted society in the United States?

• agriculture (farming)

• communication

• medicine

• transportation

What led the "forty-niners" to travel west?

• the discovery of coal

• they worked on the Transcontinental Railroad

• They were escaping persecution

• They learn that gold had been discovered