WorksheetsWestward Expansion/Age of Jackson
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 27mins
What were parts of the Northwest Ordinance?
The process for becoming a state
Description of Manifest Destiny
Ban on slavery in the territories
Election of James K. Polk.
Mexico received $15 million, US received California, Arizona, and New Mexico. These are parts of the...
Adams-Onis Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Mexican Cession
Annexation of Texas
How is it possible to make money from Manifest Destiny?
Claiming the most territories before other countries.
Using the natural resources for trade.
The Mormons sought safety from persecution.
Spreading democracy to other countries and taxing them.
Why did San Francisco's population boom during Westward Expansion?
Chinese migrated for jobs.
Mormons migrated for religious freedom.
Irish left Ireland due to the Potato famine.
People migrated to the area seeking gold.
If it is his duty to extend US protection to territory beyond the Rockies, what will he do?
Give land to the Native Americans
Invade South Carolina
Acquire(Get) new territories.
Declare war with Spain.
Why did the Chinese migrate to the US originally?
To mine for gold and work on the railroads
Start Panda Express
To take advantage of American public education
To start cash crops in California.
Who was that guy who painted birds, and made people long for the frontier life and adventure.
Thomas Cole
Thomas Kincaid
James Audubon
Michelangelo
Leonardo Da Vinci
What was the excuse James Polk used to start a war?
Border Disadvantage
Border Crossing
Borden Milk
Border disputes
Mexicans killed Americans during the border disputes over the Del Norte?
True
False
Judicial Review, War of 1812, Era of Good Feelings; When did these events occur(happen)?
Revolutionary War
Early Republic
Age of Jackson
Westward Expansion
Indian Removal Act, The Bank War, Nullification Crisis; when did these events occur(happen)?
Revolutionary War
Westward Expansion
Early Republic
Age of Jackson
War with Mexico, Manifest Destiny, Gold Rush; when did these events occur (happen)?
Westward Expansion
Revolutionary War
Age of Jackson
Early Republic
What were parts of the Mexican Cession?
US gets Arizona
US gets California
US gets New Mexico
Mexico gets $15 million
This group immigrated to the US to escape starvation due to the Potato Famine.
Chinese
Irish
Germans
Russians
The idea of Manifest Destiny states that the US was supposed to -
treat Native Americans fairly
stretch across the continent
prevent Europeans from immigrating
make peace with its neighbors
Which of these territories did the US acquire LAST?
Texas
Florida
Oregon
Louisiana
What group was harassed for their religion and eventually left their homes for Utah?
Irish
Chinese
German
Mormon
Because of the Oregon Treaty, the U.S. achieved what?
growing westward to the Pacific
buying land for a railroad in the south
setting up western lands for Native Americans
making the southern border more safe
Which area above did the U.S. obtain after making a treaty with Great Britain in 1846?
A
B
E
D
Which religious group migrated west because of religious persecution?
The Quakers
The Mormons
The Catholics
The Pilgrims
Where were the miners headed in 1849?
Texas
Pennsyvania
Missouri
California
