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Westward Expansion 7

Authored by Kristin Fusaro

Social Studies

7th Grade

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Westward Expansion 7
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that America had a natural, divine right to expand from coast to coast is known as:

suffrage

naturalization

manifest destiny

prospecting

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many Americans went west because of:

the discovery of gold in California

a desire to spread their religion

economic opportunities

all of the above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Settlers who moved west to spread their religion to others were:

farmers

missionaries

pioneers

forty-niners

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement is true about the Erie Canal?

It was the reason the US purchased the Louisiana Territory from France

It allowed the US to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

It caused people to leave the Midwest

It increased trade and transportation from the East to the Midwest

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In order to reach the Pacific, pioneers traveled on a difficult and dangerous path known as the:

Missouri Path

Mississippi Gap

Oregon Trail

New Mexico Road

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lively, lawless towns that grew up almost overnight around mining sites became known as:

Missionaries

reservations

boomtowns

ghosttowns

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Mexicans initially encourage Americans to settle in Texas?

They wanted Mexico to become a state

They hoped Americans would find gold

They needed to increase the population and develop the land

They needed help defeating aggressive native Americans

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