Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

6th Grade

31 Qs

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

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6th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States acquired (gained) land in all of these ways EXCEPT through

War

Treaties

Settlement

Inheritance

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one reason the United States wanted to acquire (buy) Florida?

To increase the population

To end raids on Georgia farms by Seminoles

To control the Mississippi

To provide a short route to Europe

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these was the biggest motivation for settlers to travel to Oregon Country?

Gold deposits

Fertile farmland

Religious freedom

Canadian citizenship

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

To map out the new territory acquired by the U.S.

To establish friendly relations with the native people

To find a water route to the Pacific Ocean

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the biggest cause of the Mexican-American War?

The election of James Polk

The Gadsden Purchase

The U.S. annexation of Texas

The U.S. invasion of California

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an example of a negative consequence of the California Gold Rush?

Most people were not willing to leave the east and few came to California looking for gold

Native people were pushed off their land and their population dramatically decresed

Chinese immigrants faced discrimination in the gold mines

African Americnas did not receive the same civil rights as citizens

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the U.S. buy the Gadsden Purchase in 1854?

To end the Mexican-American War

To avoid war with Mexico

To build a railroad to California

To spread slavery west

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