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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Unit Review 25
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 11mins
Why did Thomas Jefferson want to buy the Louisiana Territory?
aid the Texans fighting for Independence
gain control of the port of New Orleans
gain control of the port of New York City
gain control of oil fields
Who was the Native American guide for Lewis and Clark?
Sasquatch
Pocahontas
Sitting Bull
Sacajawea
What did Lewis and Clark do on the expedition?
mapped the route to the Pacific and documented natural resources
explored Colorado
established missions
mapped U.S. borders
Why did Americans in Texas want independence from Mexico?
They wanted to outlawed slavery.
They disliked Mexican laws, like ending slavery.
They wanted the port of New Orleons.
They wanted to control the Rio Grande River.
What impact did the Alamo have on the fight for Texan independence?
It became a battle cry and rallied Texans.
Santa Anna was captured.
Santa Anna was killed.
Sam Houston was captured.
Why was the Oregon Trail created?
get settlers to the Pacific Ocean
get settlers to farmland or CA gold
help make the transcontinental railroad
help Native Americans escape settlers
What is the name given to the belief that the U.S. has the right and duty to expand?
manifest destiny
annexation
assimilation
Louisiana Purchase
Which of the following describes President Polk?
tried to avoid war with other nations
wanted to increase U.S. territory, liked manifest destiny and was in Mexican War
built better relations with Mexico
bought poor land from Canada
Why was the Mexican War fought?
Mexico would not let Texas be independent
border dispute in Texas at Rio Grande
civil rights loss for Americans in Mexico
Mexicans built forts in U.S. territory
What territory did the U.S. gain at the end of the Mexican American War?
Colorado and Wyoming
Texas
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and part of New Mexico (Mexican Cession)
Louisiana Purchase
Which is true about the gold rush?
All miners became rich.
Supplies were cheap.
Settlers poured into California.
It lasted for a century.
Who found gold at Sutter's Mill in California, beginning the Gold Rush?
Robert Livingstone
Meriwether Lewis
James Marshall
William Clark
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
Encyclopedia
Photograph
Website
Dictionary
What are reservations?
land set aside for Native Nations in treaties
land for white settlers in Louisiana Territory
offical name for boarding schools
What is the name for the policy of adopting to a new culture?
annexation
assimilation
manifest destiny
reserving
Which person supported moving Native Americans west and the Indian Removal Act?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Chief Seattle
Which Native American explained the importance of the land to Native Americans to Americans?
Chief Seattle
Chief Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Sacajawea
Which resulted in Cherokees and other Native Nations being moved west of the Mississippi River ?
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
Indian Boarding Schools Act
What is the name given to the forced march of the Cherokee west where many died along the way?
Wounded Knee
The Trail of Laromie
Homestead Trail
The Trail of Tears
Which act gave land to white settlers if they improved upon the land and was created to settle farmland?
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
The Transcontinental Act
How did the U.S. government gain land for settlers from Native Nations?
Created reservations
Created new treaties and broke treaties when needed
Went to war with Native Nations to force them on reservationss
All of these
What was created to help connect the nation and resulted a loss of land for Native Nations and the near end of the buffalo?
Oregon Trail
Indian Boarding Schools
Treaty of Fort Laromie
Transcontinental Railroad
What was created to help assimilate Native American children into American culture?
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Indian Boarding Schools
Treaty of Fort Laromie
As a result of Indian Boarding Schools, which is NOT true?
Native American children were punished severly for speaking their Native Language or not following the rules.
All Native American children began to go to college.
Native American children had a tough time fitting in with familes.
Native Americans began to lose thier culture.
Through broken treaties and new treaties, what happened to reservation lands?
They stayed the same size.
They became smaller.
They became bigger.
Why did Chinese Immigrants come to the United States?
to get reservation land
gold and to make money to send to families in China
get special landgrants geared towards Chinese immigrants
How did Chinese immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy?
Some Chinese immigrants helped to build the Transcontinental Railroad.
Some Chinese immigrants worked as miners or on farms.
Some Chinese immigrants owned businesses/
All of these
What law banned immigration from China for 10 years and was renewed? It was the first law limiting immigration.
Chinese Exclusion Act
National Origins Act
The Immigration Act
Gentlemen's Agreement
How did Cherokee fight againt the Indian Removal Act?
They asked Congress to support them.
They asked for Supreme Court support.
Both of these
Who created the first Indian Boarding School to "Kill the Indian, save the man?"
Chief Seattle
Richard Pratt
James Polk
Andrew Jackson
What is the correct format of a quote tag?
- Name with title
- Name with title, date
- Name with title, explanation of quote's meaning, date
- Name with title, date, explanation of quote's meaning
What is the best defintion of a secondary source?
first hand account or something from the time, like a diary entry, letter or photograph
something about the time and created after, like an article, encyclopedia or documentary
