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Westward Expansion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.

The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when ...

a)

a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land.

b)

Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million.

c)

the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States.

d)

Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million.

3.

Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to...

a)

obey the Book of Mormon.

b)

prosper in the fur trade.

c)

seek out religious freedom.

d)

find gold.

4.
What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
5.
Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 
a)
Texas Annexation 
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Northwest Territory
d)
Mexican Cession
6.

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

7.

The primary goal of Manifest Destiny was..

a)

to end slavery in the new territories.

b)

to remove European influence from South America.

c)

expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.

d)

secede southern states from the nation.

8.

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

a)

mountains

b)

crossing rivers

c)

the Great Plains

d)

all of the above

9.
I just moved to America in search of gold. Instead, I took a job working on the Transcontinental Railroad. I am paid less than white workers, even though I am a hard worker.
a)
African American
b)
European Immigrant
c)
Mexican American
d)
Asian Immigrant
10.
Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana
c)
Oregon
d)
California
11.
What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to California in search for gold?
a)
The Gold Rush
b)
The Gold Movement
c)
Goldilocks
d)
Gold Gathering
12.

Which of the following territories was owned by Spain and Mexico before we owned it?

a)

Oregon

b)

Florida

c)

Louisiana

d)

Texas

13.
Which President paid the two famous explorers to search and map the new Louisiana territory?
a)
James Madison
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
14.
President Andrew Jackson offered to pay for Native American land and give them more land west of the Mississippi River if they would leave.  What was this process called?
a)
Americanization Policy
b)
Indian Removal Act of 1830
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
Land Trade
15.
As a result of Westward Expansion, what tragic event took the lives of over one third of the Native American people as they moved to Indian reservations?
a)
The Trail of Tears
b)
The War for Independence
c)
The French and Indian War
d)
The War of 1812
16.
Asian immigrants landed on what coast in the US?
a)
East Coast
b)
North Coast
c)
South Coast
d)
West Coast
17.
What battle cry would rally the Texans after the defeat at the Alamo? 
a)
Freedom is so close
b)
Remember the Alamo
c)
Victory or Death! 
d)
I give up!
18.

People choosing to move west were called...

a)

Pioneers

b)

Native Americans

c)

Slaves

d)

Travelers

19.

Fur traders and trappers were known as...

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Forty-niners

c)

Mountain Men

d)

Californios

20.

Early California Settlers were known as...

a)

Mountain Men

b)

Placer miners

c)

Californios

d)

Forty-niners

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