Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

4th - 5th Grade

19 Qs

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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Social Studies

4th - 5th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.9, RL.8.9

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most popular route people traveled along to move west was?

The Trail of Tears

The Oregon Trail

The Mississippi Expedition

The Rocky Mountain Trail

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened during the Gold Rush?

People from all over the world moved to California

Prospectors stayed in mining camps to explore an area and hunt for gold

Thousands of people panned for gold hoping to become rich

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States government forced many Native American tribes to relocate to different areas called Indian Reservations so that…

white settlers could move on that land

they to turn the land into National Parks

they could build cabins as rest stops in the mountains

they could sell the land to Mexico

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The area of America from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. The land was mostly flat and grasslands.

Great Plains

frontier

homestead

Sitting Bull

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