Unit 3: Westward Expansion Test

This term refers to the idea that the United States was destined to occupy all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In addition to this, U.S. culture would be spread to these areas along the way.

• Manifest Destiny
• Westward Expansion
• California Gold Rush
• Oklahoma Land Rush

What were reasons people moved out west?

• Homestead Act, Gold, and Railroad
• Buffalo, Gold, and Freedom
• Freedom, No Taxes, and Ranches
• Homestead Act, Freedom, and Buffalo

True or False: Americans were the only ones traveling California in search of Gold.

• True
• False

Positives of the California Gold rush are....

• It would also boost the economies of various nations in the world
• It would make Native Americans rich
• It would make America a World Power
• All the above

True or False: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 would remove the Native American Populations from their ancestral lands west of the Mississippi River and force them to relocate east of the river.

• True
• False

True or False: Some of the dangers that settlers would encounter along the various trails included: numerous accidents, such as crossing rivers and being run over by wagon wheels, and diseases.

• True
• False

The Homestead Act:

• Granted settlers 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for 5 years.
• Provided money for families to move wes
• Encouraged settlers/farmers to move west by providing military protection from the American Indians.
• Allowed tax incentives from the government for any family that moved west of the Mississippi.

Which of the following helped encourage the development of the west, as well as open up a new market for industry?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• The invention of the plow.
• The Pony Express
• The invention of the telegraph.

In which pair of events did the first event most directly influence the second?

• Building of the Transcontinental Railroad>Disappearance of the frontier
• Discovery of gold in California>Louisiana Purchase
• Assimilation of the Native American Indians into American society > Passage of the Dawes Act
• Settling of the Oregon Territory>Passage of the Homestead Act

Negatives of the California Gold rush are...

• Native Americans would be pushed off their land
• People could not immigrate to the U.S. in search of gold
• Manifest destiny was not achieved
• None of the above