Westward Expansion Review Quiz

The Louisiana Territory was purchased under the presidential administration of

Thomas Jefferson.

• True

• False

What was one of the goals of Lewis and Clark’s expedition?

• to build schools and hospitals

• to deliver documents to French officials

• to establish trade with Canada

• to find and map the Northwest Passage

In the early 1800s, the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia all laid claim to part of Oregon Country.

• True

• False

Route to western lands

• vigilantes

• Oregon Trail

• ranchos

• Californios

Mountain men made their living as

• merchants

• missionaries

• surveyors

• trappers

Oregon Country was which direction from California?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Which philosophy meant that the United States was meant to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific?

• Emigrant Theory

• Joint Occupation

• Manifest Destiny

• Rendevouz Philosophy

The main route that settlers took through the Rocky Mountains to Oregon was called the

• North Pass

• South Pass

What happened to the Texan forces at the Alamo?

• They negotiated a truce

• They were defeated

• They won a major victory

Mexico believed that the Rio Grande formed the Texas-Mexico border.

• True

• False