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Westward Expansion

Authored by Mallory Cohen

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Westward Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT a technology used during the 1820-1850s?

Railroads

Canals

Paved roads/ turnpikes

Oxen

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What are benefits of canals?

Allow for large quantities to be shipped

they are only in certain areas

the boats can hold a lot of weight

they are time consuming to build

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

mountains
crossing rivers
weather conditions
all of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Idea that it was our God-given right to expand from one ocean to the other was called what?

Overall Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Nation
America

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

The ultimate results of Westward Expansion were all of these EXCEPT

the nearly complete destruction of Native American culture

full racial equality was achieved

western territories were settled and became states

the transcontinental railroad connected the nation from east to west

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Manifest Destiny was

the name of the first train to cross the country

the first city established in the west

the belief that America should expand and stretch from coast to coast

the belief that America was too big and needed to stop expanding

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Homestead Act provided free land after five years of residence there

True

False

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