WorksheetsWestern Expansion
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Buying this land doubled the size of the United States.
a)
The Louisiana Purchase
b)
Alaska
c)
Nebraska-Kansas Territory
d)
Cuba
2.
This women helped guide and translate for the Lewis & Clark expedition.
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Eleanor Roosevelt
c)
Sacagawea
d)
Martha Washington
3.
This president gave Lewis and Clark the specific instructions to map the land and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
George Washington
4.
From this city, Lewis & Clark began their expedition.
a)
Omaha, NE
b)
Boston, MA
c)
Houston, TX
d)
St. Louis, MO
5.
Name the 3 goals that Thomas Jefferson gave to Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery.
a)
Find a water route to the Pacific, Claim land in the Northwest part of the country, Learn and take notes on the plants, animals, and tribes in the West.
b)
Find a water route to Hawaii, Learn about bears, hang out with the Native American tribes.
c)
See how high they could climb in the mountains, find new lands and people in Asia, figure out if the world is flat or round.
6.
In what current U.S. state was the border dispute between Mexico and America?
a)
Texas
b)
Maine
c)
Kansas
d)
Florida
7.
A dispute over the border between Mexico and America started this war?
a)
The Revolutionary War
b)
War of 1812
c)
French and Indian War
d)
The Mexican-American War
8.
These states were “purchased” from Mexico after the Mexican-American War through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
a)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
b)
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota
c)
Maine, Vermont, New York, Virginia, Massachusetts
9.
Name one of the two rivers that Mexico and America claimed as the true border.
a)
Rio Grande/Nueces River
b)
Colorado River, Missouri River
c)
Platte River/Loup River
10.
Name the Head General of Mexico in both the Texas Revolution & the Mexican American War.
a)
Enrique Iglesius
b)
Santa Anna
c)
Zachary Taylor
11.
This U.S. President would introduce the Indian Removal Act?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Adams
d)
Andrew Jackson
12.
Name the territory that Native American were moved to during the Trail of Tears?
a)
Vermont Territory
b)
Oregon Territory
c)
Oklahoma Territory
d)
Jersey Territory
13.
Name the tribes affected by the Trail of Tears
a)
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole
b)
Navaho, Pawnee, Nez Perce, Sioux
14.
Which state was the Cherokee Tribe residing in before being moved?
a)
Nebraska
b)
California
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Georgia
15.
Who was the chief/chairman of the Cherokee tribe when the Trail of Tears occurred?
a)
John Ridge
b)
Elias Boudinot
c)
John Ross
d)
Major Ridge
16.
Name one of the Trails West.
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Santa Fe Trail
c)
Mormon Trail
d)
All of the above.
17.
These are motivations for pioneers to move West: Cheaper living, land, gold, religious freedom, new opportunities
a)
True
b)
False
18.
These are risks of travelers moving West: Severe weather, illness, accidents/damage to wagon, chance of not making a living in the West.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Men came only from the United States for the 1849 Gold Rush
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What year was gold "officially" discovered in California?
a)
1848
b)
1849
c)
1850
d)
1851
21.
What is the Railroad that crossed the United States called?
a)
U.S. Railroad
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
The Railroad
d)
Stars and Stripes Railroad
22.
Manifest Destiny is America's belief that they had the God Given right to move West no matter who or what was in the way.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Name the largest foreign ethnicity that the railroad companies would bring in to help build the railroad in the West.
a)
American
b)
Chinese
c)
African
d)
German
24.
The Transcontinental Railroad tried to help the Native Americans by giving them land and preserving their way of life.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
What Nebraska landmark was an inspiration to pioneers as they traveled along the trails?
a)
Chimney Rock
b)
Memorial Stadium
c)
The Capital Building
26.
Elias Boudinot, John Ridge, and Major Ridge signed what treaty which sold Cherokee land and would be the cause of their execution?
a)
Treaty of Tears
b)
Treaty of New Echota
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Treaty of Ghent
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