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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I was the Indian guide for the Corp of Discovery:
a)
Sacagawea
b)
Mountain Men
c)
Lewis
d)
Clark
2.
I explored the southwest and discovered a peak near Colorado Spring:
a)
Zebulon Pike
b)
Santa Ana
c)
Clark
d)
Daniel Boone
3.
I was the Mexican General during the Mexican-American War:
a)
Sacagawea
b)
Santa Ana
c)
Brigham Young
d)
William Clark
4.
I was asked by my good friend to join him on an expedition as the cartographer of the Louisiana Purchase:
a)
William Lewis
b)
William Clark
c)
Meriwether Clark
d)
Meriwether Lewis
5.
I was a Shawnee Indian leader who tired to unite the Indian tribes to resist European settlements in the U.S.:
a)
William Lewis
b)
Meriwether Clark
c)
Daniel Boone
d)
Tecumseh
6.
I was chosen by President Jefferson to lead the Corp of Discovery:
a)
William Lewis
b)
Meriwether Clark
c)
Meriwether Lewis
d)
William Clark
7.
We were men who lived in the mountains trapping furs, and later guided travels:
a)
Rocky Men
b)
River Men
c)
Mountain Men
d)
Prairie Men
8.
I led the Mormons to the west and we settled in Salt Lake City, Utah:
a)
Daniel Boone
b)
John Smith
c)
Mr. Mormon
d)
Brigham Young
9.
I am responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Purchase:
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
William Jefferson
c)
William Clark
d)
Jefferson Thomas
10.
I am responsible for the Monroe Doctrine:
a)
James Polk
b)
Thomas Monroe
c)
James Monroe
d)
Marilyn Monroe
11.
I am responsible for the Trail of Tears:
a)
Andrew Jefferson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Michael Jackson
d)
Meriwether Jackson
12.
I am responsible for the Mexican-American War:
a)
Jack Polk
b)
Jeff Polk
c)
James Polk
d)
Polk-A-Dot
13.
I was a general in the Mexican-American War who later became president. My nickname was "old rough and ready":
a)
James Taylor
b)
Jack Taylor
c)
Ben Taylor
d)
Zachary Taylor
14.
This battle between the Shawnee and U.S. ended Tecumseh's efforts to unite the Indian tribes:
a)
Battle of Tippecanoe
b)
Battle of Capsized-canoe
c)
Battle of the Alamo
d)
Battle at Bunker Hill
15.
A battle in which a large Mexican army defeated the small U.S. army at a mission, where many famous frontiersman were killed:
a)
Battle of the Outlaws
b)
Battle of the Alamo
c)
Battle of Tippecanoe
d)
Gettysburg
16.
The term used to explain why American's felt they should continue to settle land from coast to coast:
a)
Civil Disobedience
b)
American Dream
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Manifest Destiny
17.
Essay written by Henry David Thoreau in protest of the Mexican-American War:
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Civil Obedience
c)
Civil Disobedience
d)
Monroe Doctrine
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