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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What doubled the size of the US?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada Purchase
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
California Purchase
2.
Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
John Adams
c)
George Washington
d)
James Monroe
3.
How much money did the US pay for the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
$10 million
b)
$12 million
c)
$15 million
d)
$100 million
4.
How did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark?
a)
She made maps of the Louisiana Territory.
b)
She took care of Clark's children.
c)
She helped guide them through the unfamiliar land.
d)
She collected rocks, plants, and animals for them.
5.
How did Daniel Boone help encourage settlement of the West?
a)
He helped build the first railroad through Kentucky.
b)
He led wagon trains out west.
c)
He cleared a path through the Appalachian Mountains known as The Wilderness Road.
d)
He traveled around and spoke about the West.
6.
As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?
a)
They agreed to give up their land.
b)
They were given their choice of where to live.
c)
They were forced to live in certain areas.
d)
They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.
7.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case did which of the following?
a)
Ended the controversy of slavery in the United States
b)
Determined that African Americans were property and not citizens.
c)
Determined that African Americans were citizens of the United States
d)
Stated that Congress could limit the expansion of slavery.
8.
What strategy did the United States and Great Britain use to avoid war over the Oregon Country?
a)
compromise
b)
warfare
c)
tariffs
9.
True or False: In the California gold rush, very few people "struck it rich."
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What was the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
It led to more runaway slaves heading north
b)
It forced Northerners to allow runaway slaves in their homes.
c)
It made it easier for escaped slaves to become free in the North.
d)
It strengthened the opportunity for slaves to be returned to their owner.
11.
What is true about the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Texas entered as a slave state.
b)
Kansas entered as a slave state.
c)
Missouri entered as a free state.
d)
California entered as a free state.
12.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the issue of slavery?
a)
Slavery was allowed in both the Kansas and Nebraska territories
b)
Slavery was abolished in both Kansas and Nebraska
c)
People used popular sovereignty to decide for themselves.
d)
It allowed for Kansas to enter as a slave state and Nebraska to enter as a free state.
13.
The Trail of Tears was the result of which piece of legislation?
a)
The Land Ordinance of 1785
b)
The Treaty of Hopewell of 1785
c)
The Indian Removal Act 1830
d)
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
14.
Which is an example of the effect of Westward Expansion on Native Americans?
a)
It allowed for cooperation between settlers and Native Americans.
b)
It created peaceful treaties between settlers and Native Americans.
c)
It forced Native Americans to move farther west from their ancestral lands.
d)
It upheld the ideal of "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence
15.
Which was NOT an economic opportunity for migrants in the west?
a)
fur trade
b)
mining for gold
c)
religious freedom
d)
cheap land
16.
Which of the following explains why pioneers wanted to go to California?
a)
for gold
b)
for free land
c)
for the fur trade
d)
for religious freedom
17.
Which of the following was a goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
a)
bring help to the settlers in the west
b)
explore the land of the Louisiana Territory
c)
find gold in the west
d)
prevent Spain from claiming land
18.
In the late 1760s, Daniel Boone explored unsettled areas west of the colonies creating Wilderness Road, which led to which of the following?
a)
California
b)
Kentucky
c)
Oregon
d)
Santa Fe
19.
What nickname was given to the forced removal of Cherokee from Georgia?
a)
The Trail of Tears
b)
The U.S Indian Removal Act
c)
The Oklahoma Caravan
20.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny and God-given right to conquer and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain Christ's second coming
d)
A belief that if someone prayed for a certain destiny that they would have it
21.
Which of the ideas helped influence settlers to move west?
a)
institution of slavery
b)
concept of manifest destiny
c)
availability of expensive land
d)
financial aid from other countries
22.
What was the goal of Zebulon Pike's expedition?
a)
To cross the Appalachian Mountains.
b)
To find the Northwest Passage
c)
To help the US purchase Florida from Spain
d)
To make treaties with Native Americans
23.
Pike explored land belonging to
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Spain
24.
What is the territory identified in the picture?
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
25.
What is the territory identified in the picture?
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
26.
What is the territory identified in the picture?
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
27.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
To allow states to decide for themselves if they were free states or slave states
b)
To prohibit (end) the increase the spread of slavery in the United States.
c)
To make a law about how slave and free states would be divided in future territories.
28.
What is the territory identified in the picture?
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies and additional Lands from Great Britian
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
29.
The US got Florida from
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
30.
California was admitted as a free state because of the compromise of 1850
a)
True
b)
False
31.
"Bleeding Kansas," was the result of which of the following?
a)
Fighting between Union and Confederate soldiers
b)
Fighting between American citizens and illegal immigrants
c)
Fighting between abolitionist groups and pro-slavery groups
d)
Fighting between white settlers and Native American tribes
32.
One of the most controversial parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the passage of the "Fugitive Slave Law." South Carolinians supported this law, but it angered people in the North because it did which of the following?
a)
Provided southern slave owners a new slave (paid for mainly by taxes collected in the North) if one of his slaves ran away to a free state.
b)
Forced citizens in the North to provide housing and assistance to a slave who has runaway from his home in the South.
c)
Enabled a plantation owner to have slaves in the free states of the North, so long as the slaves were purchased in the South.
d)
Protected the right of southern slave owners to travel North into the free states to recover a runaway slave.
33.
How did the Seminoles fight the Indian Removal Act?
a)
They resisted and fought back through war.
b)
They went to court to try to settle peacefully.
34.
How did the Cherokee fight the Indian Removal Act?
a)
They resisted and fought back through war.
b)
They went to court to try to settle peacefully.
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