Westward Expansion Test

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1. In 1803, President Jefferson bought a huge piece of land west of the Mississippi River from France. What was that land called and how much did the United States pay for it?

• Gadsden Purchase for one hundred dollars
• Louisiana Purchase for 15 thousands dollars
• Louisiana Purchase for 15 million dollars
• Florida Purchase, No money was exchanged, but instead they traded gold for the land.

2. The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ___________ to settlers.

• plots of land
• lumber to build houses
• seeds to grow crops
• wagons to travel out west

3. Why did the United States need more land?

• To test new farming methods out west
• To gain control over the land to the west
• To force the French to leave North America
• To make room for the growing population

4. Which land was gained by winning a war?

• Louisiana Purchase and Gadsden Purchase
• Mexican Cession and Louisiana Purchase
• Treaty of Paris and Mexican Cession
• 13 Original Colonies and Treaty of Paris

5. Which land acquisition originally operated as an independent country until 1845 when it was annexed by the U.S. and became the 28th state?

• Mexican Cession
• Louisiana Purchase
• Texas Annexation

6. Sacagawea was hired as a ___________ during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

• farmer
• detective
• pilot
• interpreter

7. Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the ____________ by land.

• Gulf of Mexico
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Hudson River

8. The most popular route people traveled along to move west was ______________.

• The Trail of Tears
• The Oregon Trail
• The Mississippi Expedition
• The Rocky Mountain Trail

9. What is Manifest Destiny?

• The idea that Native Americas should own all land forever.
• The idea that Americans were chosen by God to settle the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
• The idea that farmers should move west for better land.
• The idea that Americans were chosen by each other to settle all North American land.