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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Test
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The famous route that the pioneers took west was the
Oregon Trail
Ohio Trail
Dusty Trail
Stairway to Heaven
The Transcontinental Railroad was built to connect the
East to the West
Canada to Mexico
Maine to Florida
Dorothy to Kansas
What canal was dug to connect the Hudson River to Lake Erie?
Erie Canal
Ear Canal
Grand Canyon
Bryce Canyon
What was the Pony Express?
A way to get mail to the West
A horse race
A way to deliver ponies to kids quickly
A brand name
The Pony Express was ended by the invention of the
telegraph
teleporter
telephone
tell a friend
Another name for the train on the Transcontinental Railroad was
Iron Horse
Old Smokey
Bullseye
Silver
Robert Fulton invented the
steamboat
Fulton flusher
sliced bread
locomotive
The walk the Cherokee Indians took when they were forced to move west was called
Trail of Tears
The long and winding road
Trail of breadcrumbs
treasure hunt
Sequoyah invented
The Cherokee Alphabet
The Abacus
Alphabet soup
Alphabet cereal
Name two dangers the pioneers faced as they were moving west
weather, lack of water
mosquitos, buzzards
rabid squirrels, feral cats
low hanging branches, quick sand
What land purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Black Friday super event
Liechtenstein Purchase
The Panama Canal
What animal was very important to the survival of the Native Americans?
buffalo
squirrel
rabbit
mythical Liger
The Louisiana Purchase was the land between the _______ and the ______________.
Rocky Mountains, Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
North Pole, South Pole
People who travel to unsettled areas to live are called
pioneers
wanderers
aliens
prospectors
Many pioneers travelled by
covered wagon
station wagon
Red Flyer wagon
unicycle
Why did the pioneers travel west?
to find gold and better farm land
to worship as they pleased
to get away from difficult people
to see the stars
Why did the pioneers only bring the most important items with them on their trip west?
They didn't have much room in their covered wagons
They liked to travel light
They planned to stop at drive-throughs along the way
They wanted to see how far they could make it on so few supplies
