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WorksheetsU.S. Expansion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
People who traveled and settled in the newly explored Western United States
a)
Pioneers
b)
49ers
c)
Mormons
d)
Mountain Men
2.
Fur traders who went to the West in search of freedom, adventure, to live off their wits, and make money in the fur trade.
a)
Mormons
b)
49ers
c)
Mountain Men
d)
Pioneers
3.
What were the 3 main trails that went West?
a)
Santa Fe, Lousiana, Oregon
b)
Oregon, Mormon, Donner
c)
California, Oregon, Montana
d)
Mormon, Oregon, California
4.
How long did it take for people to travel from St. Joseph, Missouri to the West?
a)
4-6 Months
b)
3-5 Months
c)
1 Year
d)
1-2 Years
5.
Where was gold first found in California?
a)
Sewell's Mill
b)
Sutter's Mill
c)
The Mountains
d)
Johnson's Pass
6.
The 80,000 people who came to California in 1849 to seek their fortune were called...
a)
Pioneers
b)
59ers
c)
49ers
d)
Gold seekers
7.
What treaty ended the Mexican-American war and gave the USA land in the Southwest (the Mexican Cession)?
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
Treaty of Paris
8.
Who was the 11th President of the United States and added a massive amount of land in the West to the United States?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
James Monroe
c)
James Madison
d)
James K. Polk
9.
What 3 areas did James K. Polk add to the United States?
a)
Annexation of Texas, Oregon Country and Mexican Cession
b)
Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Country, Funded Lewis and Clark Expedition
c)
San Francisco Gold Rush, Oregon Country, and Cession of Mexico
d)
Florida, Oregon country, Louisiana Purchase
10.
What act did Andrew Jackson sign into law that relocated thousands of Indians?
a)
Alien and Sedition Acts
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Trail of Tears
11.
Indian relocation was called what?
a)
Cries of the Cherokee
b)
Trail of Tears
12.
The term that means America has the right and duty to spread democracy across the continent.
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Common Sense
d)
John L. O'Sullivan
13.
Which group of people settled near the Great Salt Lake and built a giant temple?
a)
Quakers
b)
Evangelical Christians
c)
Mormons
d)
Catholics
14.
The Pony Express was replaced by what technology?
a)
The Telegraph
b)
The steam ship
c)
U.S. Postal Service
d)
Amazon Drones, (ha!)
15.
Factories coming to the United States marked the beginning of what in America?
a)
Prince and the Revolution
b)
End of Agricultural Society
c)
The Industrial Revolution
d)
The American Revolution
16.
Who came up with the ideas of interchangeable parts, assembly lines, and the cotton gin?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
John L. O'Sullivan
17.
Where were the first (and most) factories located?
a)
The Southwest
b)
The South
c)
The West
d)
The Northeast
18.
Sailing ships, such as clipper ships, were replaced by what kind of ship in the 1860's?
a)
Electric Power
b)
Slave Power
c)
Gas Power
d)
Steam power
19.
Why were steam engines unsafe when they were first created?
a)
They blew up a lot
b)
The leaked
c)
They were too heavy, and sank
d)
No seatbelts
20.
2 advantages of trains were that they could carry heavy loads and they could travel...
a)
year round
b)
only every other month
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