WorksheetsWestward Expansion SOL 8ab review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How did the United States acquire Florida?
Through a war with Mexico
Bought it from France
Through a treaty with Spain
After it had been an Independent Republic
What are the two main reasons settlers went west?
Geographic and economic
Geographic and political
Economic and religious
Geographic and religious
Select all the economic reasons people went west
Logging
Gold Rush
Cheaper and faster transportation
Too crowded in the east
What is the idea that expansion was for the good and right of the country called?
Clinton's Folly
Manifest Destiny
Philosophies of the DOI
My personal destiny
Between what years did Westward Expansion primarily occur?
1775-1783
1801-1861
1861-1865
1770-1773
What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the country?
Doubled it
Tripled it
Left it unchanged
Made it 63% bigger
How did we acquire the original 13 colonies and other British territories?
Civil War
War of 1812
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
With what other country did the United States share the Oregon Country with during the years of Westward Expansion?
France
Great Britain
Portugal
Spain
Name the two overland trails commonly used by settlers during Westward Expansion?
Santa Fe and Wyoming trails
Santa Fe and Oregon trails
Oregon and Wyoming trails
Oregon and Colorado trails
What mode of cheaper faster transportation located in New York State, was considered an engineering marvel for the 1800s?
The Erie Canal
The Panama Canal
The Mississippi River
The Columbia River
Who was the President for the Louisiana Purchase?
John Adams
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
What was Texas before it became a state in the United States?
An island
An isolated territory
An Indian reservation
An Independent Republic
With whom did the United States wage war in order to obtain California and the southwest territories ?
Mexico
Great Britain
Spain
France
Who explored the Louisiana Territory for President Jefferson?
Adams and Monroe
Mutt and Jeff
Lewis and Clark
Napoleon and Josephine
The Cession of Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico through the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854 is called the what?
The Louisiana Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase
The Expedition of Lewis and Clark
The Purchase of California
