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Manifest Destiny Quiz Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Spain gave _____ to the U.S. through a treaty.

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Florida

2.

The state of ____ was added after it became an independent republic.

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Florida

3.

Which territory was divided between the U.S. and Great Britain?

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Oregon

d)

Southwest

4.

What territories did the U.S. gain as a result of war with Mexico? (PICK TWO)

a)

Texas

b)

California

c)

Oregon

d)

Florida

e)

Southwest

5.

Which invention increased the productivity of farmers by allowing him to cut more wheat in less time.

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Reaper

c)

Wheateater

6.

_______ connected lakes and rivers and allowed boats to go around rapids.

a)

Steamboats

b)

Canals

c)

Steamlocomotives

7.

Which entrepreneur improved the Steamboat to make it successful?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

Peter Cooper

8.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Eli Whitney

9.

True or False:

The Cotton Gin increased the demand for slave labor.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What waterways did the Erie Canal connect?

a)

Lake Erie and the Ohio River

b)

Lake Erie and the James River

c)

Lake Erie and the Hudson River

11.

“Expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country.”

What is the correct title for this idea?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Westward Movement

c)

Eternal Rights of Man

12.

Population growth in eastern states, and the availability of cheap and fertile land, influenced __________.

a)

Eastward Expansion

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Westward Movement

13.

What were the Oregon and Santa Fe?

a)

Railroads

b)

Overland Trails

c)

Steamboats

14.

Someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better product or service to market in hopes of making a profit is an .

a)

Inventor

b)

Entrepreneur

15.

Which new technology of the 1800s had a benefit of faster transportation but a cost of increased pollution?

a)

Steamboats

b)

Canals

c)

Cotton Gin

16.

Which new technology of the 1800s made farmers more productive but at a cost of less jobs for unskilled workers?

a)

Reaper

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Canals

17.

Which was the last of the “Five Civilized Tribes” east of the Mississippi River?

a)

Creek

b)

Choctaw

c)

Cherokee

18.

Which president ordered the last Civilized Tribe “removed” from their land?

a)

Washington

b)

Madison

c)

Jackson

19.

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?

a)

Oregon

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Ohio

20.

What development in transportation first connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories?

a)

Canals

b)

Steamboats

c)

Reaper