American Westward Expansion Quiz

Who cleared a trail through Cumberland Gap?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Sacagawea

• Daniel Boone

• Samuel Morse

What was the main purpose of the Oregon Trail?

• Trade, moving cattle, and military

• Searching for gold

• Finding religious freedom

• Manifest Destiny

Which act was signed by Abraham Lincoln?

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

• Pacific Railroad Act

• Transcontinental Railroad

What was the goal of the Seminole Wars?

• To explore California where gold was discovered

• To fight for religious freedom

• To settle a land dispute between the U.S. and Great Britain

• For the United States to battle with the Seminole peoples mainly over Florida land

What did the Homestead Act provide?

• A trail for trade and moving cattle

• Free land in the west to citizens

• A railroad across the west

• A law to move indigenous peoples from the southeast to west of the Mississippi River

Which trail was mostly used by 49ers in search of gold?

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Mormon Trail

• California Trail

This land was annexed into the United States following a battle with the Mexican government.

• 5

• 4

• 8

• 7

Who was the Mexican leader at the Alamo?

• Andrew Jackson

• Brigham Young

• General Santa Anna

• John L. O'Sullivan

What did the Pacific Railroad Act fund?

• A law to move indigenous peoples across the Mississippi River

• The beginning of the Gold Rush

• A railroad across the west

• The invention of the telegraph

What was the purpose of the Santa Fe Trail?

• To find religious freedom

• For people looking for Manifest Destiny

• For trade, moving cattle, and military

• Used by 49ers in search of gold