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Worksheets4-3 Common Assessment SS
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which of the following are economic reasons for Westward Expansion? Select all that apply. (4.3.CO)
Manifest Destiny
Gold Mining
Religious Freedom
Fur Trade
Meeting new people
Study the painting. The painting best relates to what period in American history? (4.3.CO)
The Revolutionary War
The beginning of the Civil War
Women gaining the right to vote
Expansion into the American West
Which of the following ideas helped influence settlers to move west? (4.3.CO)
Availability of slavery
Concept of Manifest Destiny
Availability of expensive land
Financial aid from other countries
Study the list below:
Daniel Boone
William Clark
Meriwether Lewis
Zebulon Pike
What would be the best title for this list? (4.3.CO)
"Our Founding Fathers"
'Explorers of Early America"
"Famous American Scientists"
"Signers of the Declaration of Independence"
Which of these changes most affected the Native Americans on the Great Plains when white settlers moved west? (4.3.CE)
The building of cities along the California coast.
The opening up of cattle trails from Texas to the North
The discovery that the Oregon Trail was the quickest route to the Pacific Coast
D. The farming and the fencing of land which was the hunting grounds of the Plains Indians
Read the excerpt below.
Though the term was new, the ideas underlying it were much older, dating back to the first colonial contract between Europeans and Native Americans. The ideology that became known as Manifest Destiny included a belief in the inherent superiority of white Americans, as well as the conviction that they were destined by God to conquer the territories of North America, from sea to shining sea.
Which group was most negatively affected? (4.3.CE)
African American slaves living in the south.
Native Americans living in the west.
Gold miners traveling to California.
Fur traders at trading outposts.
Read the passage below.
"The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress...."- from Northwest Ordinance (1787)
According to this passage, which statement best describes the policy of the United States government toward Native Americans? (4.3.CE)
Native Americans were to settle only in Ohio.
Native Americans loyal to the US could become citizens.
All property rights of Native Americans were to be ignored by Congress.
Rights of Native Americans were to be respected by the US government.
How did the Mexican-American War influence Westward Expansion? (4.3.CE)
It made it possible for:
the transcontinental railroad to be completed.
the Louisiana Territory to be purchased.
for slavery to spread across the whole nation.for slavery to spread across the whole nation.
for the concept of Manifest Destiny to be fulfilled.
How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact Westward Expansion? Select all that apply. (4.3.P)
Decreased travel time
Destroyed the buffalo population
Provided more land for Native Americans
Opposed the expansion of slavery
Encouraged more people to move west
Which technological advancement directly affected the institution of slavery in the South? (4.3.P)
cotton gin
mechanical reaper
textile mills
steel plow
How did the role of mining for gold and precious metals impact the environment? (4.3.P)
It caused many areas to be half-built and then later abandoned.
It caused telegraphs to be constructed along railroad lines.
It caused new farm lands to become available for planting crops
It caused the buffalo population to greatly decrease over time.
How did the technological advancements of the telegraph support Westward Expansion? (4.3.P)
It made travel to the west easier and faster.
It helped people to communicate more quickly across the nation.
It allowed crops to be harvested more efficiently.
It helped miners collect more gold during the gold rush.
1. Read the document below:
"We, therefore, the people of South Carolina, by our delegates, in Convention assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, have solemnly declared that the Union heretofore existing between this State and the other States of North America, is dissolved, and that the State of South Caroina has resumed her position among the nations of the world, as a separate and independent State; with full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do." South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.
How did this document lead to the beginning of the Civil War? (4.3.CX)
This encouraged southerners to ban slavery in South Carolina.
South Carolina seceded from the Union.
This promoted the expansion of slavery in South Carolina.
The state of South Carolina chose to remain part of the Union.
Which of the following reasons did not lead to the secession of South Carolina and other southern states? (4.3.CX)
Election of Abraham Lincoln
States' Rights
Slavery
Territory disputes
Read the excerpt:
What can you infer about how South Carolina responded? (4.3.CX)
It fueled the abolitionist movement.
It fueled their cause to secede.
It ended their need for slavery.
It ended sectionalism.
How did the Abolitionist Movement in South Carolina influence sectionalism? (4.3.CX)
Because of the Abolitionist Movement, South Carolina began to free their slaves.
The movement caused South Carolina to expand slavery.
It further divided South Carolina from the Union because of their different beliefs about slavery.
The Abolitionist Movement ended sectionalism in South Carolina.
How do the maps represent change in the experiences of Native Americans as the US expanded westward? (4.3.CC)
The amount of land claimed by Native Americans increased.
As westward expansion continued, Native Americans lost more of their land.
As more people moved west, lands claimed by Natives were of no interest to settlers
Westward Expansion had not impacted the lands claimed by Native Americans.
How did the experiences of Native Americans and Spanish-speaking people change as the US expanded westward? (4.3.CC)
The experiences of both groups stayed the same as the US expanded.
Both groups experienced a growth of territory as the US expanded.
Both groups adopted the practice of slavery as the US expanded.
Both groups experienced a loss of territory as the US expanded.
Which group of people was most affected by the border change shown in the maps? (4.3.CC)
African Americans
English colonists
Mexican citizens
Native Americans
How does this document show continuity of the Native American experience during Westward Expansion? Select all that apply. (4.3.CC)
They continued to be pushed west for their land.
They continued to lose their territory to white settlers.
They continued to gain territory in the west.
They continued to sell their land to white settlers.
They continued to share their lands with white settlers
Read the quote below.
“We shall be glad then to look at those lands, and to choose for our people, the Senecas, a share and an interest. Many of our nation already speak of going to the west, and we think it best for us not to lose the present opportunity.”
What is the perspective of the man who spoke these words?(4.3.E)
He is an African-American who is wanting to help abolish slavery in the west.
He is a Native American who is being forced to abandon his tribal lands.
He is an African-American who is moving to the North to escape slavery.
He is a Native American who is volunteering to find new lands to settle.
Read the passage below.
“Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it cannot be supposed, that the inspired Apostles… would have tolerated it, for a moment, in the Christian Church. If they had done so on a principle of accommodation, in cases where the masters remained heathen, to avoid offences and civil commotion; yet, surely, where both master and servant were Christian, as in the case before us, they would have enforced the law of Christ, and required, that the master should liberate his slave in the first instance.”
The person who wrote this passage, Reverend Furman, would appear to support which of these points? (4.3.E)
Abolition
States' Rights
Expansion of industry
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Read the excerpt below:
“I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades. And in the chill of a drizzling rain…I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and started towards the west.”
What is the perspective of this person?
He supports Manifest Destiny.
He wants to abolish slavery.
He opposes the Indian Removal Act.
He thinks Europeans should move westward.
Read the quote below:
“I borrowed money, mortgaged my property, and spent my life savings to make the journey to California. In pursuit of the kind of wealth I had never dreamed of, I left my family and hometown. It was difficult and dangerous labor, and I never did strike it rich. The camps and towns grew into overcrowded chaos.”
Who most likely spoke these words? (4.3.E)
A man building the Transcontinental Railroad.
A man venturing to mine during the Gold Rush.
A Native American hoping to find new land.
An African American escaping slavery in the South.
