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WorksheetsManifest Destiny Quiz Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Spain gave _____ to the U.S. through a treaty.
Texas
California
Florida
The state of ____ was added after it became an independent republic.
Texas
California
Florida
Which territory was divided between the U.S. and Great Britain?
Texas
California
Oregon
Southwest
What territories did the U.S. gain as a result of war with Mexico? (PICK TWO)
Texas
California
Oregon
Florida
Southwest
Which invention increased the productivity of farmers by allowing him to cut more wheat in less time.
Cotton Gin
Reaper
Wheateater
_______ connected lakes and rivers and allowed boats to go around rapids.
Steamboats
Canals
Steamlocomotives
Which entrepreneur improved the Steamboat to make it successful?
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Peter Cooper
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Robert Fulton
Cyrus McCormick
Eli Whitney
True or False:
The Cotton Gin increased the demand for slave labor.
True
False
What waterways did the Erie Canal connect?
Lake Erie and the Ohio River
Lake Erie and the James River
Lake Erie and the Hudson River
“Expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country.”
What is the correct title for this idea?
Manifest Destiny
Westward Movement
Eternal Rights of Man
Population growth in eastern states, and the availability of cheap and fertile land, influenced __________.
Eastward Expansion
Monroe Doctrine
Westward Movement
What were the Oregon and Santa Fe?
Railroads
Overland Trails
Steamboats
Someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better product or service to market in hopes of making a profit is an .
Inventor
Entrepreneur
Which new technology of the 1800s had a benefit of faster transportation but a cost of increased pollution?
Steamboats
Canals
Cotton Gin
Which new technology of the 1800s made farmers more productive but at a cost of less jobs for unskilled workers?
Reaper
Cotton Gin
Canals
Which was the last of the “Five Civilized Tribes” east of the Mississippi River?
Creek
Choctaw
Cherokee
Which president ordered the last Civilized Tribe “removed” from their land?
Washington
Madison
Jackson
The Trail of Tears was the forced march of the last of the Civilized Tribes. The tribes were removed to “Indian Territory” west of the Mississippi. What was territory called?
Oregon
Oklahoma
Ohio
What development in transportation first connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories?
Canals
Steamboats
Reaper
