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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What did many Americans call the War of 1812?
The Second War for Independence
The Great War
The First World War
The War of the 1800s
What is one thing the British did to the Americans that caused them to declare war in 1812:
seized their ships and cargo
seized their women and children
invited them to join the British Army
invited them to become citizens of the United States
What is one building the British burned down during the war of 1812?
the White House in Washington D.C.
the naval academy building
the Lincoln Memorial
the United States museum of Natural History
What is a rampart?
to be brave and fearless
something that is really dangerous
a way of saying the walls of a fort
weapons
What was Manifest Destiny?
God-given right and responsibility to move east
God-given right and responsibility to move west
a duty to discover new plants and animals
a list on a ship to keep track of sailors
An effect of Manifest Destiny was: select all that apply
Moved west on the Oregon Trail
People came in search of gold in California
An overpopulation of animals like the buffalo
Peaceful relations between Native Americans & Settlers
During Manifest Destiny, what animal was hunted to the point of extinction?
horse
buffalo
sheep
cattle
What does it mean to annex land in the west?
add
remove
segregate
separate
One perspective of Manifest Destiny was:
that European settlers could take better care of the land than the Natives
that European settlers and Native Americans could both take care of the land west
that Native Americans could take care of the land better than the European Settlers
that those searching for gold in California were wasting their time
What new technologies were introduced during Manifest Destiny? select all that apply
Transcontinental Railroad
Steam boat
Telegraph
Automobile
What was the Louisiana Territory
Land from the Mississippi River east to the Appalachian Mountains
Land from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains
Land from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River
Land from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
Why did the United States was to purchase land along the Mississippi River?
to gain access to the Gulf of Mexico
to gain access to the Columbia River
to gain access to the Rocky Mountains
to gain access to the Missouri River
Who was the dictator of France during the Louisiana Territory
King George III
President Thomas Jefferson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Dynamite
How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost the United States?
$10 million dollars
$15 million dollars
$20 million dollars
$15 billion dollars
Originally President Jefferson wanted to negotiate with France over what city in Louisiana?
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Hartford
Santa Fe
When did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
1803
1807
1812
1800
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark were:
chosen explorers
French delegates
military commanders
British delegates
Lewis & Clark had the responsibility to: select all that apply
map the unknown territory
find a water route to the Pacific Ocean
Study plant and animal life
remove Native Americans from their territory
Where did the Lewis & Clark Expedition begin?
St. Louis
Appalachian Mountains
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Lewis & Clark followed what river in order to reach the Pacific Ocean?
the Missouri River
the Mississippi River
The Rocky Mountains
The Columbia River
___________ was a Native American woman who acted as a guide and translator during the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Sacagawea
Pocahontas
Shoshone
Manifestia Destinia
