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Worksheets4th Grade TN: Westward Expansion
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Examples of physical gateways are:
rivers, canals and The Great Plains
rivers, mountains, and ponds
Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River
beavers, rabbits and bears
What were mountain ranges considered to be?
Physical Barriers
Physical helpers
Physical Gateways
Trails West
What was the name of the popular overland trail that many settlers traveled on in the late 1700's?
Wilderness Road
Old Town Road
Wagon Trail
Kingston Pike
What is the name of the 600 foot notch in the Appalachian Mountains where many settlers passed through on their journey west?
Cumberland Gap
Tooth Gap
Appalachian Gap
Cumberland Notch
What was the name of one of the more famous people that helped create the Wilderness Road?
Daniel Boone
Davy Crockett
Tom Sawyer
Spongebob
Some people moved west to find more natural resources and make money, others did it just for the _______________.
adventure
suffering
fame
time to spend with family
In 1844, which presidential candidate promised to expand the US westward?
James K. Polk
James Garfield
Andrew Jackson
Michael Jordan
The belief that the US should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean became known as what?
Manifest Destiny
Manifested Duty
Trail of Tears
Mass Westernization
Which Amendment to the US Constitution gives us the right to bear arms?
2nd
1st
3rd
None
Which territory was being claimed by the US and Great Britain?
Oregon Territory
Missouri River
Oregon Trail
Texas Territory
What did the Treaty of 1818 accomplish?
US and Great Britain would share the Oregon Territory
US and Great Britain had a war over the territory
US said they owned it and didn't care what Great Britain said
Great Britain gave the land to the US
What did the Oregon Treaty of 1846 accomplish?
Gave US territory at 49th parallel and below; Britain got north of that
Gave US territory at 54 degrees 40 minutes and Britain nothing
Gave Britain the southern part of Oregon Territory
Gave US all territory above the 49th parallel
When did Texas become an independent republic?
1836
1854
1816
yesterday
Who was going to declare war on the US if Texas was admitted as part of the United States?
Mexico
Texas
Oregon Pioneers
Britain
When did Texas finally become a state?
December 29, 1845
January 15, 1900
March 1800
November 12, 1818
Why was the Mexican-American war fought?
Polk wanted to buy more land from Mexico (where California and New Mexico are now) and set the Texas border
Polk was mean spirited and thought the Mexicans were ugly
Texas hated Mexico and they got the Polk to declare war
California and Spain wanted to take over the west
What did the treaty with Mexico do (signed in February 1848)?
US paid Mexico 15 million dollars for a lot of land (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming).
Let us have tacos in our country
Mexico paid US to stop fighting with them
What did the land purchase from the Mexican treaty become known as?
Mexican Cession
Taco Bell
Mexican Taxation
Mex-America
When and where was gold found in California?
1848, Sutter's mill
1848, Turkey creek
1902, Sutter's junction
1700, Pacifco mill
The people that arrived in California to mine for gold were called...
prospectors
49ers
gold doggies
dirty miners
What year did California become a state?
1850
1950
1800
1840
