Westward Expansion Test Review

Many men left their families to become ______________ in California during the Gold Rush.

• frontier

• prospectors

• manifest destiny

• pioneers

Thomas Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to go on an _________________ to explore the newly gained land, the Louisiana Purchase.

• mining

• frontier

• expedition

• manifest destiny

During the Gold Rush, men went ________________ for gold in hopes to become rich.

• mining

• prospectors

• expedition

• manifest destiny

___________ set out in their wagons to settle on the western _________.

• Manifest destiny, expedition

• Prospectors, frontier

• Pioneers, expedition

• Pioneers, frontier

During the 1800's many people believed in _____________ and wanted to expand the United States west all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

• pioneers

• manifest destiny

• prospectors

• mining

Which sentence below is NOT true about the Louisiana Purchase?

• After purchasing the Louisiana Territory, the US sold it to France to help pay for the Mexican War.

• The United States paid $15 million to buy the land in the Louisiana Territory

• After the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson hired Lewis and Clark to explore the new land.

• Purchasing the Louisiana Territory doubled the size of the United States.

Which of the following is a reason that Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase the Louisiana Territory?

• Jefferson was curious about the west and wondered if there could be a water route through the Louisiana Purchase that led to the Pacific Ocean

• After a shipping port was briefly closed by Spain, Jefferson was worried that American trade would be compromised.

• Jefferson was afraid that Native Americans were gaining too much control of the land.

• Both a & b

Which country originally owned Texas before it became part of the United States?

• Britain

• France

• Mexico

• Spain

Which word best describes the relationship between Native Americans and the US government during the westward expansion era?

• cooperative

• strained

• positive

• confusing

What was the Oregon Trail?

• a trail that Lewis and Clark created to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• a trail that pioneers traveled on as they moved west toward Oregon Country

• a trail that traveled from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• a trail that pioneers used to trade with Native Americans