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WorksheetsCh. 13 Westward Expansion
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What group of Americans sought religious freedom in the West?
a)
Tejanos
b)
Catholics
c)
Jesus Christ & the Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
d)
mountain men
2.
Who founded a new colony in the west and left Illinois to escape religious persecution?
a)
Joseph Smith
b)
Jedidiah Smith
c)
Stephen Austin
d)
Bringham Young
3.
All of the following are reasons that Americans traveled West EXCEPT?
a)
to hire less expensive workers in the industrial factories
b)
to escape debts and legal problems back home
c)
to find gold and become RICH RICH RICH!
d)
to farm land where land was cheap and plentiful
4.
Who are people that bought land in hopes that its value would go up?
a)
land speculators
b)
land surveyors
c)
stock brokers
d)
Texians
5.
What does "E" represent?
a)
California Trail
b)
Mormon Trail
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Pike's Route
6.
What does 1 represent?
a)
Oregon Territory
b)
Unorganized Territory
c)
California
d)
New Mexico Territory
7.
To give up a piece of land
a)
secede
b)
rendezvous
c)
annex
d)
cede
8.
The term coined by John O' Sullivan that means belief that the United States was meant to expand across the entire American Continent
a)
Freedom Trail
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Leap of Faith
d)
Westward "Expansion"
9.
Which of the following is NOT a famous mountain man?
a)
Jedidiah Smith
b)
James Beckwourth
c)
John C. Fremont
d)
William Becknell
10.
The leader of the army of the Republic of Texas
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Stephen Austin
c)
Stephen Kearny
d)
George Mifflin Dallas
11.
The nickname of independent Texas
a)
North Star State
b)
Flying Solo State
c)
Bear Flag Republic
d)
Lone Star Republic
12.
The American general who purposely led troops across the Nueces River.
a)
Zachary Taylor "Old Rough & Ready"
b)
William Henry Harrison "Tippecanoe"
c)
Winfield Scott "Old Fuss & Feathers"
d)
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
13.
Who is Juan Seguín?
a)
He led tejanos at the Battle of the Alamo.
b)
He led the U.S. forces at the Battle of Mexico City.
c)
He led the Texans at the Battle of the Alamo.
d)
He was General Santa Anna's right hand man
14.
He led the Texans at the Battle of the Alamo.
a)
William Travis
b)
Daniel Boone
c)
Stephen Kearny
d)
Winfield Scott
15.
He led the U.S. forces at the Battle of Mexico City.
a)
General Winfield Scott
b)
General Santa Anna
c)
General Ulysses S. Grant
d)
None of the above
16.
Where was gold found in California? Who found it?
a)
Sutter's Mill; James Marshall
b)
Lowell Mill; James Sutter
c)
Slater's Mill; James Marshall
d)
Sutter's Mill; James Sutter
17.
The American general who took control of southern California in 1847.
a)
James Fremont
b)
James Marshall
c)
Davy Crockett
d)
Stephen Kearney
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