Exploration and Expansion Quiz

Exploration and Expansion Quiz

5th Grade

10 Qs

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Exploration and Expansion Quiz

Exploration and Expansion Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lindsey Brannan

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event in 1846 helped secure the northern boundary of the United States?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The discovery of gold in California

A treaty with Great Britain

The Lewis and Clark expedition

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the new name given to the Indian country by the end of the century?

The West

The Frontier

The New World

The Gold Rush Territory

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which industry encouraged the establishment of outposts and new settlements west of the Missouri River?

Fur trade

Railroad construction

Gold mining

Agriculture

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the effects of the gold rushes in California, Montana, and Oregon?

Attracted settlers to open land

Increased fur trade

Established new railroads

Created new farming techniques

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did settlers, merchants, and entrepreneurs from St. Louis assume about the land?

It was theirs to take

It was owned by Native Americans

It was unsuitable for farming

It was too dangerous to settle

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the coming of the railroads complete in the region?

The transformation of the region

The establishment of new trade routes

The discovery of new gold mines

The mapping of the territory

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the information compiled by the Corps of Discovery document?

A vast new territory ready for national expansion

The locations of Native American tribes

The best routes for fur trading

The climate of the region

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