
USH Quiz - Western Expansion
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What dangers did the terrain pose to settlers on the Oregon Trail?
Heat from plains, dehydration from deserts, drowning from lakes and rivers
Heat from plains, injury and loss from fording rivers, storms in mountains
Rock slides from badlands, "snow madness" from mountains, starvation from plains
Heat from plateaus,
rock slides from mountains, electric storms in prairie
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a disease that plagued the Oregon Trail
Cholera
Dysentary
Typhoid Fever
Consumption
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where did most Cholera and Dysentary outbreaks come from?
Stored water from the wagon trains, which had become stale
Stagnant water in ponds and lakes that the settlers tried to drink from
Springs and rivers that the settlers forded
Water given to them by Native Americans
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of the shortcut that the Donner party attempted to take across the Sierra-Nevada range?
Hastings Pass
Lansford Trail
Hasting's Cutoff
The Mormon Trail
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many people were in the Donner party?
70
21
93
87
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What were several ways that Andrew Jackson expanded executive power? (Choose more than 1)
He suspended congress
He overused his veto power
He used the army to enforce his tariffs
He dueled all his political opponents
He used the "spoils system" to give his friends government jobs
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why were the "Five Civilized Tribes" removed from their lands?
The US government wanted their lands for army bases
The US government wanted their lands for gold and crops
The US government wanted their lands for settler homesteads
The US government wanted their lands for National Parks
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