Westward Expansion Test Review

Why did people want to expand west?

• so they could join France

• so they could search for gold and get more land for farming

• so they could start a new country

• so they could run away from the British

What group of people did the Americans have conflict with during their expansion out west?

• The Egyptians

• the Chinese

• the Native Americans

• Other Americans

What did the US government do to Native Americans?

• force them to leave their homes on their land and move to reservations

• made them join America

• forced them to build the railroad

• invited them to be members of their country

Why did the US originally want to just purchase New Orleans and not the entire Louisiana territory?

• for the great food

• they didn't want that much land

• they wanted to leave some land for other countries to purchase

• they wanted to secure the port of New Orleans for trading and shipping purposes

Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

What did the map look like before the purchase of the Louisiana territory?

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What did the map look like after the purchase of the Louisiana territory?

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By looking at the map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase, shows you what? (Choose all that apply)

• It doubled the size of the United States

• It created one new state

• It gave the US control of the New Orleans port

• It allowed the US to continue to move west

What did Lewis & Clark do?

• they went and explored the new purchased land

• they were in charge of making peace with the Native Americans

• they decided to leave America and join the Native Americans

• they were sent with the money to purchase the land

Which item was most likely made by William Clark?

• boat

• trail map

• chair

• clay pot