Westward Movement Vocabulary Quiz

Fill in the blank: The movement of people from one place to another is called ______.

• Conquest

• Migration

• Treaty

• Annex

What belief held that God willed the United States territory to expand 'from sea to shining sea'?

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

• Abolition

• Annex

Fill in the blank: A ______ factor is a reason for migration that attracts people to a place.

• Push

• Pull

• Treaty

• Annex

What are the reasons people choose to migrate from one place to another?

• Push/Pull Factors

• Conquests

• Treaties

• Annexations

Who were the African American soldiers that mainly served in the American West after the U.S. Civil War?

• Exodusters

• Buffalo soldiers

• Tejanos

• Homesteaders

Fill in the blank: An African American who migrated West after the U.S. Civil War was known as an ______.

• Exoduster

• Buffalo soldier

• Tejano

• Homesteader

What U.S. government policy increased settlement of the American West by allowing people to settle land for free?

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

• Abolition

• Annex

Fill in the blank: A widely held but oversimplified idea about a group of people is called a ______.

• Stereotype

• Treaty

• Annex

• Conquest

What is the belief that the system of human enslavement should be outlawed?

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

• Abolition

• Annex

Who is a Mexican-American inhabitant of present-day Texas?

• Exoduster

• Buffalo soldier

• Tejano

• Homesteader