Westward Expansion Quiz

What is significant to westward expansion in America in the early 19th century?

• Louisiana Purchase?

• Manifest Destiny?

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• All of the above

Who did President Thomas Jefferson send to explore the newly acquired territory in 1803?

• Gary E Moulton

• Native American Tribes

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• Jefferson Jones

What was Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that expansion of the US through American continents was both justified and a God given right.

• New territory that US acquired from France in 1803

• Both A and B

• None of the above

The largest territory purchase known as the Louisiana purchase was purchase from who?

• Africa

• Native Americans

• Great Britain

• France

Name the female member of the Lemhi Shoshone tribe that helped Louis and Clark explore the Louisiana purchase

• Hi Ho ShoShone

• Gominia Wea

• Sacagawea

• None of the above

What was known as the trail of tears?

• The discovery of gold in California

• The name of a Native American Tribe

• The expedition of Lewis and Clark

• Forced Native American tribes to migrate westward from the south