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Westward Expansion and Reform

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which territory was an independent republic before joining the United States?

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Virginia

d)

Oregon

2.

What event occurred in 1849 that drew people from all over the world to California?

a)

War with Mexico

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

The Lewis and Clark expedition

d)

The Civil War

3.

What did the supreme court case entitled Cherokee Nation v. Georgia determine?

a)

The Supreme Court supported Cherokee rights to be U.S. citizens.

b)

The act allowed the U.S. to buy Indian land.

c)

The Supreme Court supported the Cherokee Indian rights to their land.

d)

The case was thrown our for lack of evidence.

4.

How did this form of transportation affect industrial centers in the eastern United States?

a)

Transported natural resources to factories.

b)

Relocated industrial workers to southern territories.

c)

Facilitated trade with European nations.

d)

Increased tourism to industrial areas.

5.

Which two men are credited with inventing the reaper?

a)

Cyrus McCormick and Henry Ford

b)

Wilbur and Orville Wright

c)

Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson

d)

Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton

6.

Which American Indian tribe was forced on a long march now known as the Trail of Tears?

a)

Pueblo

b)

Inuit

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Cherokee

7.

American Indian tribes in the eastern states often clashed with which groups?

a)

Indian tribes and Spanish soldiers

b)

Farmers and inventors

c)

Settlers and the U.S. Government

8.

Which of the following would NOT be an economic opportunity found in the west?

a)

Freedom for runaway slaves

b)

California Gold Rush

c)

Knowledge of over land trails

d)

Logging and lumber

9.

Which waterway in New York was created to provide faster transportation of goods and supplies?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Mississippi River

10.

This painting was drawn to express the idea that expansion was for the good of the country. What is this idea known as?

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

Abolitionist Movement

d)

Manifest Destiny

11.

The first person to think of or make a product is

a)

an inventor

b)

an entrepreneur

c)

an expert trail blazer

12.

What was the most likely purpose of the meeting in this advertisement?

a)

to support voting rights for women

b)

to meet and hear famous women speak

c)

to argue against voting rights for women

d)

to promote the arts among women

13.

This former enslaved African American was a national advocate for equality and justice, her name means "to travel".

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Isabella Sojourner Truth

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Harriet Tubman

14.

"I escaped slavery, wrote the North Star newspaper, and worked for rights for African Americans and women." Who am I?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

15.

"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?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Isabelle Sojourner Truth

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

16.

"I wrote the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans." Who am I?

a)

Williams Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

17.

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Lewis and Clark during the exploration of the Louisiana Territory?

a)

Mapped new territories

b)

Discovered new countries

c)

Discovered new plants

d)

Discovered new geographic features like the Rocky Mountains.

18.

Which area of land did the U.S. agree to split and share with Great Britain?

a)

Mexican Cession

b)

Oregon Territory

c)

Texas

d)

Alaska

19.

Which phrase would NOT describe the man in this picture?

a)

Rich landowner

b)

traveled westward

c)

In the state of California

d)

seeking economic opportunity

20.

In the 1830's thousands of American Indians were forced to walk many miles to reservation in Oklahoma. What was this called?

a)

The Epic Journey

b)

The Appalachian Trail

c)

American Indian Removal

d)

Trail of Tears