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Growth & Expansion

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did many Americans call the War of 1812?

a)

The Second War for Independence

b)

The Great War

c)

The First World War

d)

The War of the 1800s

2.

What is one thing the British did to the Americans that caused them to declare war in 1812:

a)

seized their ships and cargo

b)

seized their women and children

c)

invited them to join the British Army

d)

invited them to become citizens of the United States

3.

What is one building the British burned down during the war of 1812?

a)

the White House in Washington D.C.

b)

the naval academy building

c)

the Lincoln Memorial

d)

the United States museum of Natural History

4.

What is a rampart?

a)

to be brave and fearless

b)

something that is really dangerous

c)

a way of saying the walls of a fort

d)

weapons

5.

What was Manifest Destiny?

a)

God-given right and responsibility to move east

b)

God-given right and responsibility to move west

c)

a duty to discover new plants and animals

d)

a list on a ship to keep track of sailors

6.

An effect of Manifest Destiny was: select all that apply

a)

Moved west on the Oregon Trail

b)

People came in search of gold in California

c)

An overpopulation of animals like the buffalo

d)

Peaceful relations between Native Americans & Settlers

7.

During Manifest Destiny, what animal was hunted to the point of extinction?

a)

horse

b)

buffalo

c)

sheep

d)

cattle

8.

What does it mean to annex land in the west?

a)

add

b)

remove

c)

segregate

d)

separate

9.

One perspective of Manifest Destiny was:

a)

that European settlers could take better care of the land than the Natives

b)

that European settlers and Native Americans could both take care of the land west

c)

that Native Americans could take care of the land better than the European Settlers

d)

that those searching for gold in California were wasting their time

10.

What new technologies were introduced during Manifest Destiny? select all that apply

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Steam boat

c)

Telegraph

d)

Automobile

11.

What was the Louisiana Territory

a)

Land from the Mississippi River east to the Appalachian Mountains

b)

Land from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains

c)

Land from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River

d)

Land from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean

12.

Why did the United States was to purchase land along the Mississippi River?

a)

to gain access to the Gulf of Mexico

b)

to gain access to the Columbia River

c)

to gain access to the Rocky Mountains

d)

to gain access to the Missouri River

13.

Who was the dictator of France during the Louisiana Territory

a)

King George III

b)

President Thomas Jefferson

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Napoleon Dynamite

14.

How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost the United States?

a)

$10 million dollars

b)

$15 million dollars

c)

$20 million dollars

d)

$15 billion dollars

15.

Originally President Jefferson wanted to negotiate with France over what city in Louisiana?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Hartford

d)

Santa Fe

16.

When did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?

a)

1803

b)

1807

c)

1812

d)

1800

17.

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark were:

a)

chosen explorers

b)

French delegates

c)

military commanders

d)

British delegates

18.

Lewis & Clark had the responsibility to: select all that apply

a)

map the unknown territory

b)

find a water route to the Pacific Ocean

c)

Study plant and animal life

d)

remove Native Americans from their territory

19.

Where did the Lewis & Clark Expedition begin?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

New Orleans

d)

Gulf of Mexico

20.

Lewis & Clark followed what river in order to reach the Pacific Ocean?

a)

the Missouri River

b)

the Mississippi River

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Columbia River

21.

___________ was a Native American woman who acted as a guide and translator during the Lewis & Clark Expedition

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Shoshone

d)

Manifestia Destinia