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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Tejano?
a)
A style of music that pioneers listened to
b)
A Mexican settler in Texas
c)
The name of the fort in Texas
2.
What was the Alamo?
a)
The train that traveled through Texas
b)
A city in Texas
c)
A fort that was used by the Americans
3.
How many days did the Americans and Tejanos hold the fort before being defeated?
a)
13
b)
15
c)
23
4.
In 1830, before the annexation of Texas, Texas was a part of _________.
a)
Canada
b)
Mexico
c)
United States
5.
What was the name of the Texas leader that was elected as the leader of the Army?
a)
Santa Anna
b)
Sam Houston
c)
Austin Moreno
6.
Who was Santa Anna?
a)
Mexico's president
b)
The leader of the American Army
c)
Santa Clause's mom
7.
Why were many Americans moving out West?
a)
To be with their families
b)
Better weather conditions
c)
Good, cheap farmland
8.
Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?
a)
To strike it rich
b)
To sell tools
9.
Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?
a)
To sell tools
b)
To strike it rich
c)
To make jewelry
10.
Why were the people that moved to California for the gold rush called "forty niners"?
a)
There were 49 hundred of them
b)
Most of them moved there in 1849
c)
They traveled 49 miles to get to California
11.
How many people traveled to California in search for gold?
a)
300,000
b)
15,000
c)
1,000,000
12.
A town whose population grows very quickly is called a ____________.
a)
Pop town
b)
Fast town
c)
Boomtown
13.
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
a)
Independence, Missouri
b)
Oregon City, Oregon
c)
Rocky Mountains
14.
How long did the Oregon Trail take to travel?
a)
6 months
b)
One year
c)
10 months
15.
Where does the Oregon Trail end?
a)
Independence, Missouri
b)
Oregon City, Oregon
c)
Rocky Mountains
16.
What was the job of a gold miner like?
a)
Rich and luxurious
b)
Difficult and dangerous
c)
Fun and rewarding
17.
Why was the period called 'The Gold Rush'?
a)
The men became rich quickly because of the gold
b)
The men discovered the gold very quickly
c)
Many men rushed there in search of gold
18.
How did James Marshall discover gold?
a)
He was building a saw mill and saw it in the river
b)
He was swimming in the river and saw the gold
c)
He was at the end of a rainbow
19.
What year did James Marshall discover gold?
a)
1849
b)
1848
c)
1894
20.
What was the name given to the mining towns after the people left?
a)
James Towns
b)
Gold Towns
c)
Ghost towns
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