WorksheetsWestward Expansion and women's suffrage
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word 'Westward Expansion' mean in U.S. History?
a)
The amount of people that went out for food.
b)
How America expanded its territory across the country.
c)
How ideas influenced people across the world.
2.
How many colonies did America begin with?
a)
Ten
b)
Thirteen
c)
Nine
d)
Eighteen
3.
Who sold the land West of the Mississippi River to the United States?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Canada
4.
What was the name of the Leader of France who sold the Lousiana Purchase to the United States?
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
George Washington
c)
King George III
d)
Thomas Jefferson
5.
Thomas Jefferson purchased this territory from France.
a)
Oregon Territory
b)
California
c)
The Ohio Purchase
d)
The Louisiana Purchase
6.
Which river did Lewis and Clark begin their journey on?
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Columbia River
d)
Chattahoochee River
7.
What was a person called who journeyed to California in seek of gold?
a)
49er
b)
BoomTown
c)
British
d)
American
8.
When was the California Gold Rush?
a)
1920
b)
1849
c)
1879
d)
1803
9.
What happened to many Native Americans?
a)
Their buffalo were killed
b)
They were forced to move from their homes.
c)
They died from diseases brought from Europe
d)
All of the choices listed.
10.
Who were families or individuals that traveled west in search of wealth and new land?
a)
Pioneers
b)
49ers
c)
Native Americans
11.
The Louisiana Purchase
a)
was land won in the French and Indian War
b)
Doubled the size of the United States
c)
Was land claimed by the Spanish
d)
Spread all the way to the west coast.
12.
Harriet Tubman was known for......
a)
Being a conductor of the Underground Railroad.
b)
Speaking up for Women's Rights
c)
The Speech "Ain't I A Woman".
13.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was known for.......
a)
Being a conductor of the Underground Railroad
b)
Fighting for Women's Rights.
c)
The Speech "Ain't I A Woman".
14.
What was Sojourner Truth known for?
a)
Being a Conductor of the Underground Railroad
b)
Fighting for Women's Rights
c)
The Speech "Ain't I A Woman".
15.
What state did the U.S. gain after the Mexican-American War?
a)
California
b)
Oregon
c)
New York
d)
Massachusetts
16.
Who led the expedition from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Meriwether Lewis
b)
Tecumseh
c)
Magellan
d)
Pocahontas
17.
An expedition is.....
a)
A trip for fun
b)
A time to think
c)
A journey of exploring
d)
A group of men
18.
Which of the inventions listed below was the first to increase trade and travel?
a)
Steamboat
b)
telegraph
c)
railroad
d)
airplane
19.
Mexico had to cede territory. Cede means to
a)
open up
b)
give up
c)
throw up
d)
blow up
20.
The greatest change in communication in the early 1800s was the ......
a)
Telephone
b)
Telegraph
c)
Teleporter
d)
Telegram
21.
Transcontinental means.....
a)
Going across the continent
b)
Crossing the river
c)
Crossing a state
22.
Who invented the Telegraph?
a)
Samuel F.B. Morse
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Sojourner Truth
23.
What was the purpose of the telegraph?
a)
to send messages
b)
to send money
c)
to talk on the phone
d)
to send people across the state.
24.
Control of what important feature was gained in the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
The Erie Canal
b)
The Ohio River
c)
The Mississippi River
d)
The Rocky Mountains
25.
Which of the following is closely linked to Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a)
The Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights.
b)
The Underground Railroad
c)
the speech "Ain't I a woman"
26.
Abolitionists focused on which of the following?
a)
reforming elections
b)
slavery
c)
railroads
d)
women's rights
27.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
1st
b)
8th
c)
18th
d)
19th
28.
A person who campaigned for the right of women to vote was known as.......
a)
an abolotionist
b)
a land owner
c)
a congressman
d)
a suffragist
29.
True or False: Sacagawea was a Native American interpreter.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Why did the Battle of Alamo occur?
a)
To fight for freedom
b)
To gain new land
c)
To fight for slavery
d)
to fight for gold
31.
A challenge people faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail was ________.
a)
getting sick from drinking bad water
b)
drowning while trying to swim across rivers
c)
terrible weather
d)
All of the choices listed
32.
A town that was built as gold miners came to look for gold was called a _________.
a)
Boomtown
b)
Gold Town
c)
Ghost Town
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