Westward Expansion Quiz

What was the idea called that reflected the belief in spreading democracy and U.S. rule across the continent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Monroe Doctrine

• Louisiana Purchase

What was the name of the famous trail that hundreds of thousands of people traveled on from the early 1840s onward?

• Santa Fe Trail

• California Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Oregon Trail

What event lured fortune seekers from across the world to California in 1849?

• Oregon Treaty

• California Gold Rush

• Mexican-American War

• Texas Revolution

What deal did territorial governments offer to encourage settlers to move onto small plots of land and farm it themselves?

• Free healthcare for families

• Free land for farming

• Free transportation to the west

• Free education for children

What was the name of the railroad that was completed in 1869, making it easier for settlers to reach the west coast?

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Union Pacific Railroad

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Pacific Railway

What was the name of the Native American chief who resisted American expansion but was eventually defeated by the U.S. Army?

• Crazy Horse

• Chief Joseph

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

What was the population of the United States in 1850, after the westward expansion?

• 15 million

• 10 million

• 20 million

• 23 million

What was the name of the treaty signed with the British for control of the Pacific Northwest?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Oregon Treaty

• Adams-Onís Treaty

• Gadsden Purchase

What was the name of the event that led to the U.S. taking control of the southwest in 1848?

• Mexican-American War

• Texas Revolution

• Oregon Trail

• California Gold Rush

What was the name of the act passed in 1862 that provided free land in the west to anyone willing to settle there and develop it?

• Homestead Act

• Land Grant Act

• Settlement Act

• Westward Expansion Act