Unit 3 Westward Expansion Test

1. Thomas Jefferson purchased land from the country of ______________ that ______________ the size our land.

• England, tripled
• Spain, halved
• France, doubled
• Canada, doubled

2. The leader of this country at the time of the purchase was ____________________.

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Joe Biden
• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson

3. This purchase of land was called the ______________ ___________________.

• Taxation Without Representation
• Louisiana Purchase
• Indian Removal Act
• Trail Of Tears

4. The Louisiana Territory is located between which two landforms? Choose two answers.

• Mississippi River
• Appalachian Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• New England

5. Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on a mission called Corp of ________________.

• Expansion
• West
• Discovery
• People

6. Lewis and Clark set out to accomplish what on their trek across the west?

• Find a water route to the Pacific Ocean
• Build relationships with the American Indians
• Record information about the areas soil, water, plants, animals, weather, and insects
• All of the above

7. Who was president during the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears?

• Donald Trump
• George Washington
• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson

8. The idea that citizens were to explore and cultivate new territory in the West as part of their rights as Americans was called

• From Sea to Shining Sea
• The Wild West
• Manifest Destiny
• Missouri Compromise

9. Which Native American tribe fought back against the US and went to the Supreme Court to convince the president not to force them off their lands?

• Catawba
• Seminole
• Cherokee
• Sequoia

10. Trail of Tears ended in this state.

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Arkansas
• Oklahoma