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Westward Expansion Test

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the United States purchase Oregon from the British?

a)

1846

b)

1803

c)

1818

d)

1845

2.

What did the area shaded in orange on the map above let President Thomas Jefferson do for the country?

a)

He could now trade freely with France.

b)

He doubled the size of the United States.

c)

He could put Indians on reservations since we owned the land.

d)

He could protect the country better from the west.

3.

Who explored the area that the United States gained as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Pocahontas and John Smith

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Lewis and Clark

4.

The route shown on the map extended from the -

a)

James River to the Pacific Ocean

b)

Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

c)

Ohio River to the Pacific Ocean

d)

Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean

5.

Who sold the Louisiana territory?

a)

King George III of England

b)

Lakota Indians of the Great Plains

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Thomas Jefferson of the United States

6.

Which group did westward expansion affect most negatively?

a)

Native Americans

b)

European immigrants

c)

Southern farmers

d)

African Americans

7.

Which event led to the rapid growth of California?

a)

People wanted jobs in the booming automobile industry in San Francisco

b)

Millions of Native Americans traveled the Trail of Tears to California reservations

c)

The discovery of gold convinced people to travel west and start gold mining

d)

The Erie Canal opened and made transportation easier and faster

8.

Around 300,000 people voluntarily traveled West in the 1800s over what well-known path?

a)

The Trail of Tears

b)

The Oregon Trail

c)

The Mormon Trail

d)

The Santa Fe Trail

9.

Which independent republic freely joined the United States?

a)

Florida

b)

New Mexico

c)

Oregon

d)

Texas

10.

Which color represents the independent republic that became the 28th state of the United States in 1845?

a)

Green

b)

Dark Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

Light Blue

11.

The United States received Florida as part of a treaty with which European country?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

England

12.

Which country did we fight to obtain what is now California and the southwestern part of the United States?

a)

England

b)

Mexico

c)

Spain

d)

France

13.

What year did the United States purchase Florida from Spain?

a)

1803

b)

1848

c)

1819

d)

1818

14.

Which territory in the map above was divided between the United States and Great Britain?

a)

Florida

b)

California

c)

Louisiana

d)

Oregon

15.

Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny?

a)

It was the philosophy behind Andrew Jackson's decisions to dissolve the Second Bank of the US.

b)

It was a belief that it was America's right to expand and settle from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

c)

It was the trial the Native Americans took west.

d)

It was the group Lewis and Clark took to explore the west.

16.

Connecting waterways provided faster transportation of goods and supplies, and aided western movement. What waterway was built in New York for this purpose?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Rio Grande

d)

Great Lakes

17.

The discovery of gold on American Indian land in the southern United States eventually led to the removal of the Cherokee Indians in -

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

18.

How did the growth of railroads affect the geographic expansion of the United States?

a)

Explorers traveled to Mexico for the first time

b)

Families lived in the northwestern region of the country for the first time

c)

More people traveled to the east coast to work in factories

d)

People and goods moved westward more easily

19.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Jo Anderson

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Robert Fulton

20.

What negative outcome came from the creation of the cotton gin?

a)

It helped increase the production of cotton

b)

It made cotton shirts more available

c)

It increased the need for slave labor to cultivate the cotton

d)

It made them lots of money

21.

Who improved the steam boat?

a)

Jo Anderson

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Robert Fulton

22.

Who invented the reaper?

a)

Jo Anderson

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Robert Fulton

23.

Who was the entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market?

a)

Jo Anderson

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Robert Fulton

24.

How did this invention help Americans?

a)

It provided faster land transportation

b)

It made flying possible

c)

It brought a whole new way to bring cattle to the west

d)

It didn't help, because they always broke down