Westward Expansion Quiz

Which area of land was added in 1803?

• A

• C

• E

• D

What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase?

• The Louisiana Purchase decreased the size of the United States by half.

• The Louisiana Purchase only gave the US a claim to the port of New Orleans. No other land was included in the purchase.

• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.

• The Louisiana Purchase gave more land to the French.

___ was the belief that Americans should claim land from the east coast to the west coast of America.

• Manifest Destiny

• Manicure Destination

• Festive Destiny

• Destiny Manifest

Which of these was a goal shared by many advocates of Manifest Destiny?

• Abolishing slavery throughout the United States

• Occupying all of North America

• Withdrawing from foreign affairs

• Returning to an agrarian economy

Because so many people moved west during the gold rush, what happened?

• no one lived on the east coast anymore

• everyone got rich

• mining towns appeared where ever gold was found

• every Native American was killed

Oregon Trail 

• a route used during the US migration westward

• a person who went to California for the gold rush

• a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another

• a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

Where did the travelers of the Oregon Trail originally start from?

• Nebraska

• Idaho

• Wyoming

• Missouri

What was the primary purpose of the Oregon Trail in the 19th century?

• To serve as a trade route with Asia

• To connect eastern U.S. cities with western territories

• To facilitate the migration of settlers to the western United States

• To establish military bases along the western frontier

What significant land acquisition doubled the size of the United States in 1803?

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Alaska Purchase

• The Florida Purchase

Which term describes the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the U.S. across the American continents was both justified and inevitable?

• American Exceptionalism

• The Great Migration

• Manifest Destiny

• Colonialism