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Westward Expansion & CW

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who lived on the land before the pilgrims arrived?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Europeans
2.

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

a)

It led to American Revolutionary war.

b)

It doubled the nation's size.

c)

It limited moving west.

d)

It gave land to Britain.

3.

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Monroe Destiny

c)

Settling the South

d)

One Purchase

4.
What season is Thanksgiving?
a)
Winter
b)
Fall
5.
In what year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
a)
1903
b)
1812
c)
1848
d)
1803
6.
What was built ( in the South) that helped transport goods faster across country?
a)
Trails
b)
Canals
c)
Airplanes
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
7.

Throughout history Natives lost land. What does the picture represent (sad journey to relocate Natives)?

a)

Civil War

b)

Indian Removal Act & Trail of Tears

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

American Revolution

8.

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

a)

End slavery

b)

removal of Natives in South America

c)

expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

d)

secession of southern states

9.
a)
Pumpkin
b)
Pilgrim
c)
Turkey
d)
Mayflower
10.
Industries ______________ during the 1800's.
a)
decreased
b)
increased
11.
a)
Native Americans
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Turkey
d)
Pie
12.
Industrialization is the ...
a)
belief to obtain land to the Pacific Ocean
b)
shift to large-scale production
c)
moving west
d)
settling in the 13 Colonies
13.
a)
School House Rock
b)
Brain Pop
c)
Kid President
d)
Flocabulary
14.
List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.
a)
mountains
b)
crossing rivers
c)
the great plains
d)
all of the above
15.

The people who first settled in new areas of the frontier.

a)

pioneers

b)

citizens

c)

military

d)

children

16.

a war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country

a)

The War

b)

Constitution War

c)

The Silver War

d)

civil war

17.
What do you call a large farm that grows crops for profit?
a)
farm
b)
industrialize
c)
plantation
d)
acres
18.

Which ocean borders the west coast of the United States and Canada?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

19.
What were the three G's that motivated most people to come to the "new world"?
a)
Gold, God, and Glory
b)
Gifts, Gadgets, and Generosity
c)
Gratitude, Guidance, and Goodwill
d)
Goodness, Grace, and Growth
20.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson 
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay 
d)
Robert E. Lee
21.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
22.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
23.
Where the 13 original colonies located?
a)
On the East Coast 
b)
On the West Coast
c)
In the middle of  North America 
24.
What years did the Civil War last?
a)
1860-1870
b)
1865-1880
c)
1781-1785
d)
1861-1865
25.
What continent is Mexico a part of?
a)
Australia
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
North America
26.

Colonize means to

a)

build settlements

b)

develop a constitution

c)

send to another country

d)

connected in one block

27.

What is next week ?

a)

Blue Ribbon week

b)

Benchmark Testing

c)

Red Ribbon Week

d)

Thanksgiving

28.

What is another word for Fall?

a)

Summer

b)

Spring

c)

Winter

d)

Autumn

29.

What do farmers use to keep birds away?

a)

Jack O Lantern

b)

Skeleton

c)

Scarecrow

d)

Pumpkin

30.
Name the dinosaur
a)
Megaraptor
b)
Tyrannosaurus