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WorksheetsUnit 8: Westward Expansion Vocabulary
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
(1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Manifest Destiny
2.
idea held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
Manifest Destiny
3.
an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Southeast to Indian Territory in Oklahoma; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Indian Removal Act
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Oregon Trail
4.
explored the southern part of the Louisiana Territory
a)
Zebulon Pike
b)
Oregon Trail
c)
Land Speculators
d)
Lewis & Clark
5.
1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Louisiana Purchase
6.
land ceded (surrendered) by Mexico as a result of the Mexican war; contained the southwest portion of the U.S.
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Mexican Cession
c)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
d)
Louisiana Purchase
7.
2,000 mile trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Western Trail
d)
Oregon Trail
8.
Jefferson sent __________ on an expedition to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.
a)
Brigham Young
b)
Meriwether Lewis & Wiliam Clark
c)
Zebulon Pike
d)
Andrew Jackson
9.
Policy created by President James Monroe in 1823, that stated the United States would not tolerate any European interventions in the Americas.
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Manifest Destiny
10.
7th president; famously known for signing the Indian Removal Act
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
James Monroe
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
John Adams
11.
Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US
a)
Reading Railroad
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Pennsylvania Railroad
d)
B&O Railroad
12.
battle in which Mexican soldiers physically won and killed all but 2 Texan volunteers, inspired the Texans to fight for freedom
a)
Battle of New Orleans
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Battle of the Alamo
13.
(1862) Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.
a)
Pioneer Act
b)
Oregon Act
c)
Homestead Act
d)
Louisiana Purchase
14.
a Mormon leader who urged the Mormons to move farther west. They settled at the edge of the lonely desert near the Great Salt Lake.
a)
Meriwether Lewis
b)
William Clark
c)
Zebulon Pike
d)
Brigham Young
15.
People who buy land in the hope that it will increase in value
a)
Land buyers
b)
Pioneers
c)
merchants
d)
Land Speculators
16.
mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848
a)
San Franciso 49ers
b)
land speculators
c)
Great Migration
d)
California Gold Rush
17.
Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Monroe Doctrine
18.
Agreement w/ Mexico that gave the US parts of present-day New Mexico & Arizona in exchange for $10 million; needed to complete transcontinental railroad. all but completed the continental expansion envisioned by those who believed in Manifest Destiny.
a)
Adams-Onis Treaty
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
19.
Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
b)
Treaty of Adams-Onis
c)
Treaty of Ghent
d)
Treaty of Paris
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