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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Test
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
What year did the United States purchase Oregon from the British?
1846
1803
1818
1845
What did the area shaded in orange on the map above let President Thomas Jefferson do for the country?
He could now trade freely with France.
He doubled the size of the United States.
He could put Indians on reservations since we owned the land.
He could protect the country better from the west.
Who explored the area that the United States gained as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
Pocahontas and John Smith
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
The route shown on the map extended from the -
James River to the Pacific Ocean
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Ohio River to the Pacific Ocean
Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean
Who sold the Louisiana territory?
King George III of England
Lakota Indians of the Great Plains
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Jefferson of the United States
Which group did westward expansion affect most negatively?
Native Americans
European immigrants
Southern farmers
African Americans
Which event led to the rapid growth of California?
People wanted jobs in the booming automobile industry in San Francisco
Millions of Native Americans traveled the Trail of Tears to California reservations
The discovery of gold convinced people to travel west and start gold mining
The Erie Canal opened and made transportation easier and faster
Around 300,000 people voluntarily traveled West in the 1800s over what well-known path?
The Trail of Tears
The Oregon Trail
The Mormon Trail
The Santa Fe Trail
Which independent republic freely joined the United States?
Florida
New Mexico
Oregon
Texas
Which color represents the independent republic that became the 28th state of the United States in 1845?
Green
Dark Blue
Yellow
Light Blue
The United States received Florida as part of a treaty with which European country?
Spain
France
Portugal
England
Which country did we fight to obtain what is now California and the southwestern part of the United States?
England
Mexico
Spain
France
What year did the United States purchase Florida from Spain?
1803
1848
1819
1818
Which territory in the map above was divided between the United States and Great Britain?
Florida
California
Louisiana
Oregon
Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny?
It was the philosophy behind Andrew Jackson's decisions to dissolve the Second Bank of the US.
It was a belief that it was America's right to expand and settle from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
It was the trial the Native Americans took west.
It was the group Lewis and Clark took to explore the west.
Connecting waterways provided faster transportation of goods and supplies, and aided western movement. What waterway was built in New York for this purpose?
Mississippi River
Erie Canal
Rio Grande
Great Lakes
The discovery of gold on American Indian land in the southern United States eventually led to the removal of the Cherokee Indians in -
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
How did the growth of railroads affect the geographic expansion of the United States?
Explorers traveled to Mexico for the first time
Families lived in the northwestern region of the country for the first time
More people traveled to the east coast to work in factories
People and goods moved westward more easily
Who invented the cotton gin?
Jo Anderson
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
What negative outcome came from the creation of the cotton gin?
It helped increase the production of cotton
It made cotton shirts more available
It increased the need for slave labor to cultivate the cotton
It made them lots of money
Who improved the steam boat?
Jo Anderson
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
Who invented the reaper?
Jo Anderson
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
Who was the entrepreneur who brought the reaper to market?
Jo Anderson
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
Robert Fulton
How did this invention help Americans?
It provided faster land transportation
It made flying possible
It brought a whole new way to bring cattle to the west
It didn't help, because they always broke down
