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Mr. E W.W.E.

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This painting was completed in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War. At that time, what idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans?
a)
The need to establish national parks
b)
The threat of industrial pollution
c)
The abundance of wildlife
d)
The promise of a new beginning for the nation.
2.
Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
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
4.
Which quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?
a)
“I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty.”
b)
“I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland. . . .”
c)
“What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness. . . .”
d)
“There is no failure in the potato crop. . . .”
5.
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)
gold
6.
What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
7.
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
8.
The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 
a)
Florida Purchase
b)
Thirteen Colonies
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
Oregon County
9.
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
10.
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
11.
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
a)
End slavery in the new territories
b)
removal of European influence from South America
c)
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
d)
secession of southern states from the nation
12.
Which document had these characteristics in the image?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
U.S. Constitution
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Northwest Ordinance
13.
Which view is expressed in the excerpt in the image?
a)
advocacy of abolitionism
b)
defense of federalism
c)
support for the Monroe Doctrine
d)
belief in Manifest Destiny
14.
In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?
a)
a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory
b)
issues arising over the boundaries of Texas
c)
the discovery of gold in California
d)
the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast
15.
The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it —
a)
more than doubled the size of the United States
b)
established a method for admitting new states to the Union
c)
encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution
d)
proposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territories
16.

Who helped build the railroads

a)

Irish

b)

Germans

c)

chinese

17.

What was the impact left that the Irish left on America?

a)

Polka music and sausage

b)

the railroad

c)

St. Patrick's day and the revival of Catholisism

18.

What were the main reasons for Westward Expansion

a)

California Gold Rush

b)

Transcontinental Railroad

c)

None of the above.

19.

How did Westward expansion contribute to growing tensions between the North and the South before the Civil War?

a)

The North didn't want Florida

b)

When America annexed Texas, the North wanted a free state but the South wanted a slave state

c)

The North wanted to stay home and clean, the South wanted to party.

20.

Why did the Chinese immigrate to America?

a)

To escape the potato famine

b)

To escape political hardships

c)

To escape religious persecuted

d)

To find economic opportunity

21.
Why did many Chinese and Irish immigrate to the US?
a)
to work as cattle hands on the massive cattle drives
b)
to help construct the transcontinental railroad
c)
to work in the Texas oil fields
22.
The Great Potato Famine of the 1840s led to increased immigration from:
a)
Italy
b)
Ireland
c)
Russia
d)
Germany
23.
Which of the following groups would have MOST supported unrestricted immigration to the United States?
a)
unskilled native-born workers
b)
urban nativists
c)
factory owners
d)
rural farmers
24.
Which of the following contributed MOST to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a)
Belief that Chinese immigrants should be protected from discrimination
b)
concern about Chinese spreading communism to the US
c)
a fear of unfamiliar Chinese customs and traditions
25.

An Attitude held in the 19th Century that fueled American expansion

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Socialism

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Civilization

26.

The modern day state of Sutter's Mill, given to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, and the location of a major gold rush

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Oregon

d)

Louisiana

27.

The 28th US State, given officially to the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Oregon

d)

Louisianna

28.

Land in southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased for a southern transcontinental railroad

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Annexation

c)

Gadsden Purchase

d)

California Trail

29.

The most common trail used by people to move West. Popularized by a computer game.

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Yukon Trail

c)

Santa Fe Trail

d)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

30.

A peace agreement between the US and Mexico that ended the war and gave the US the lands that are now Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

d)

The United Nations

31.

Trail linking Independence, MI with Santa Fe, NM. It was a major travel route until the building of the railroad.

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

California Trail

c)

Santa Fe Trail

d)

Mormon Trail

32.

People who traveled to California in the mid-19th century because of the Gold Rush.

a)

Forty-Niners

b)

Sixers

c)

Five-oh-Firsts

d)

Revolutionaries

33.

What battle led to the independence of Texas?

a)

Battle of Gonzales

b)

Battle of San Jacinto

c)

Battle of Coleto

d)

Battle of Alamo

34.
What war was Polk involved with?
a)
Mexican War
b)
World War II
c)
The War on Terror
d)
World War Z
35.
Immigrant labor helped build the transcontinental railroad. Most of these immigrants came from what country?
a)
England
b)
Germany
c)
China
d)
United States
36.

Spain gave up this land in exchange for 5 million dollars and their claim on Texas.

a)

Florida

b)

Texan Annexation

c)

Mexican Cession

d)

Oregon Treaty

37.

a purchase named after James Gadsen in which the US purchased more territory from Mexico that would eventually make up the southern part of Arizona and Mexico

a)

Gadsen Purchase

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

James Gadsen

38.

a treaty which stated that the United States had won area in the present-day states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming

a)

Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

James Gadsen

39.

What is the yellow territory called?

a)

Texas territory

b)

Indian Territory

c)

Gadsen Purchase

d)

Disputed territory with France

40.

When was the WESTWARD Expansion Era?

a)

Early 1700s

b)

Late 1700s

c)

Early 1800s

d)

Late 1800s

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