Westward Expansion

Push or Pull? Jayden moves to California because the universities there have fantastic programs for engineers.

• Push

• Pull

Camden's family moves from NYC to the suburbs because it has become too crowded and polluted.

• Push

• Pull

Mary is a slave whose owner sells her to a family that has moved out west. This is a type of...

• Forced Migration

• Manifest Destiny

• Pull Factor

• Expedition

Which of the following events/items is an example of forced migration?

• California Gold Rish

• Civil War

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

Which of these events resulted in the U.S. nearly doubling in size and gaining the port of New Orleans?

• American Revolution

• California Gold Rush

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Louisiana Purchase

Which law did President Andrew Jackson pass in order to forcefully remove Native Americans from their homelands in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee to less desirable lands in present-day Oklahoma?

• Articles of Confederation

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

Which of the following was a goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

• to find a Northwest passage, or all-water route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

• Determine which Native American tribes lived out west and establish trading relationships with them.

• Take detailed notes on the plant and animal life, soil and climate in the lands out west.

• All of the above

Which of these terms describes the belief many Americans held in the 1800s that it was their right and obligation to expand all the way westward to the Pacific Ocean and spread American ideals and values? 

• Corps of Discovery

• Manifest Destiny

• Forced Migration

• Oregon Trail

Most people in the 1850s who moved to California in the 1850s did so for which of the following reasons?

• Economic gain

• Educational Opportunities

• Family living out west

• Land availability

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Lewis & Clark Expedition?

• Find a Northwest Passage

• Find gold

• Establish trading relationships with Native American tribes living out west

• Learn about the climate, soil and plant and animal life out west.