Westward Expansion Quiz

Who was the person who wanted to acquire the Louisiana Territory?

• Lewis and Clark
• Thomas Jefferson
• Robert Livingston
• Napolean

Who did the United States purchase the land from?

• Napolean
• Lewis and Clark
• Livingston
• Jefferson

Which country owned the Louisiana Territory before the US?

• Africa
• England
• Mexico
• France

What is the name of the big piece of land that Thomas Jefferson bought in 1803?

• Texas Territory 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Mississippi Expansion
• Midwest Territory

What is the name of the group that traveled with Lewis and Clark?

• The American Explorers
• Journey Men's Club
• The Dream Team
• Corps of Discovery

Which port did Jefferson want to control?

• Savannah
• New Orleans
• Mexico
• Mississippi

How much money did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?

• $10 million
• $12 million
• $15 million
• $100 million

In 1836, shortly after Texas got it's independence, why did the U.S. antislavery movement see annexing Texas into the United States as controversial?

• Slavery was illegal at the time.

• Acquiring Texas would increase the number of slave states.

• Adding Texas was not a part of Manifest Destiny.

Most gold miners struck it rich.

• True
• False

What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush? 

• Surfers
• Coasters
• Forty Niners
• Raiders