WorksheetsWestward Expansion and Reform
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which territory was an independent republic before joining the United States?
Texas
California
Virginia
Oregon
What event occurred in 1849 that drew people from all over the world to California?
War with Mexico
The Gold Rush
The Lewis and Clark expedition
The Civil War
What did the supreme court case entitled Cherokee Nation v. Georgia determine?
The Supreme Court supported Cherokee rights to be U.S. citizens.
The act allowed the U.S. to buy Indian land.
The Supreme Court supported the Cherokee Indian rights to their land.
The case was thrown our for lack of evidence.
How did this form of transportation affect industrial centers in the eastern United States?
Transported natural resources to factories.
Relocated industrial workers to southern territories.
Facilitated trade with European nations.
Increased tourism to industrial areas.
Which two men are credited with inventing the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick and Henry Ford
Wilbur and Orville Wright
Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson
Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton
Which American Indian tribe was forced on a long march now known as the Trail of Tears?
Pueblo
Inuit
Kwakiutl
Cherokee
American Indian tribes in the eastern states often clashed with which groups?
Indian tribes and Spanish soldiers
Farmers and inventors
Settlers and the U.S. Government
Which of the following would NOT be an economic opportunity found in the west?
Freedom for runaway slaves
California Gold Rush
Knowledge of over land trails
Logging and lumber
Which waterway in New York was created to provide faster transportation of goods and supplies?
Rio Grande
Erie Canal
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
This painting was drawn to express the idea that expansion was for the good of the country. What is this idea known as?
Monroe Doctrine
Westward Expansion
Abolitionist Movement
Manifest Destiny
The first person to think of or make a product is
an inventor
an entrepreneur
an expert trail blazer
What was the most likely purpose of the meeting in this advertisement?
to support voting rights for women
to meet and hear famous women speak
to argue against voting rights for women
to promote the arts among women
This former enslaved African American was a national advocate for equality and justice, her name means "to travel".
Susan B. Anthony
Isabella Sojourner Truth
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Tubman
"I escaped slavery, wrote the North Star newspaper, and worked for rights for African Americans and women." Who am I?
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
"One example of how I played a leadership role in the women's rights movement was by leading the Seneca Falls Convention." Who am I?
Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Isabelle Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
"I wrote the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans." Who am I?
Williams Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Lewis and Clark during the exploration of the Louisiana Territory?
Mapped new territories
Discovered new countries
Discovered new plants
Discovered new geographic features like the Rocky Mountains.
Which area of land did the U.S. agree to split and share with Great Britain?
Mexican Cession
Oregon Territory
Texas
Alaska
Which phrase would NOT describe the man in this picture?
Rich landowner
traveled westward
In the state of California
seeking economic opportunity
In the 1830's thousands of American Indians were forced to walk many miles to reservation in Oklahoma. What was this called?
The Epic Journey
The Appalachian Trail
American Indian Removal
Trail of Tears
