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WorksheetsWestward Expansion SHMS
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
Manifest Destiny was the belief that the U.S. should
a)
expand to the Pacific Ocean
b)
honor claims by other countries
c)
give all citizens the right to vote
d)
treat native peoples with respect
2.
What was the main reason American Indians went onto reservations?
a)
They wanted better farmland
b)
The U.S. government forces them to move
c)
Buffalo herds led them there
d)
They formed an alliance with Mexicans
3.
The forty-niners traveled west for
a)
gold
b)
free land
c)
railroad jobs
d)
religious freedom
4.
Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build
a)
Salt Lake City
b)
The Oregon Trail
c)
San Francisco Harbor
d)
Transcontinental Railroad
5.
The people who first settled in the frontier were called pioneers.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move west?
a)
it paid money for their old homes
b)
it made peace with the Indians
c)
It offered settlers cheap or free land
d)
it filled eastern cities with immigrants
7.
What was Manifest Destiny?
a)
God given right to move west. It was the US fate to move West
b)
The idea of growing industry
c)
Expanding an agrarian society
d)
Creating relations with Asia
8.
What was a reason to move West?
a)
Spread democracy
b)
Create trade with Japan
c)
To make new wars
d)
Make Europe upset
9.
Why did the population BOOM in California?
a)
Gold was found in 1849
b)
Chinese immigrated to California
c)
California allowed slavery
d)
There was plenty of land
10.
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the...
a)
North and South
b)
West and East
11.
Which of these is a belief associated with “Manifest Destiny?”
a)
a belief that being wealthy is a natural right
b)
a belief that it was America's mission to spread West to the Pacific
c)
a belief in every person's right to religious freedom
d)
a belief that people of all races should have equal rights
12.
How did the railroad benefit western farmers?
a)
They could ship cattle and east to the west.
b)
They could ship goods made in factories to the east.
13.
A rail line that connected the Eastern and Western coasts of the United States was called the _________________.
a)
Transcontinental Railroad
b)
Western Railroad
c)
Chisholm Trail
d)
Kanas Nebraska Railroad
14.
Why did the U.S. government want Native Americans to go to reservations?
a)
They wanted their land.
b)
They were trying to help them.
c)
They wanted to learn their culture.
d)
They wanted their lifestyle.
15.
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 Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
16.
Why did miners, cowhands, and ranchers want to move west.
a)
They wanted an adventure
b)
They wanted to escape the busy lifestyle in the East
c)
They were interested in economic opportunity
d)
They enjoyed big city life
17.
Where were the Rocky Mountains located?
a)
East Coast
b)
West Coast
18.
List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.
a)
mountains
b)
crossing rivers
c)
the great plains
d)
all of the above
19.
Before the Civil War, the Great Plains were often referred to as--
a)
the gold mine of the west
b)
the great unknown
c)
a treeless wasteland
d)
the bread basket
20.
John Deere invented which one of the following to help the prairie wheat farmer?
a)
steel plow
b)
sod cutters
c)
steam engine
d)
barbed wire
21.
Which adaption for living on the Great Plains did NOT contribute to the end of the cowboy era?
a)
Railroad
b)
Hay feed cattle (not enough grass)
c)
Barbed-wire fences
d)
Steel plow
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