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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
The Louisiana Purchase was bought from which country in 1803?
France
Spain
Mexico
Great Britain
What is Manifest Destiny?
The God-given right to western land that we should expand on.
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
A religious term used to explain how to be saved
During the War of 1812, who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Elvis
Francis Scott Key
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
When a homesteader arrived in the west, they needed to do all of the following EXCEPT for which?
Farm on the land
Build a house on the land
Live on the land for at least 5 years
Build a fence around the land
Which of the following Native tribes were forced to walk to relocate in what was later known as the Trail of Tears?
Lakota
Nez Perce
Cherokee
All of the above
Which of the following Native tribes was pursued by the US Army and caught just 40 miles before crossing into Canada?
Lakota
Nez Perce
Cherokee
All of the above
Which of the following tribes was pushed onto reservations during and after Westward Expansion?
Lakota
Nez Perce
Cherokee
All of the above
What was the main purpose of assimilation schools?
To celebrate Native culture
To teach how to properly use the Buffalo
To adapt Native people to white American culture
To teach Natives how to manage reservation land
The Dawes Act helped Native Americans prosper (make a better life for themselves).
True
False
Why did President Jefferson want to acquire the city of New Orleans?
Gold was discovered.
Trade on the Mississippi River was being interrupted and/or taxed.
There was a disagreement of where the border was located.
The British were impressing US sailors there.
The Louisiana Purchase ____________ the size of the US.
shrunk
doubled
tripled
did not change
Which river did Lewis and Clark follow on their journey?
Missouri
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Nueces
Which of the following was a cause of the War of 1812?
Great Britain providing weapons to Native Americans
Restricted Trade
Impressment of US Soldiers
All of the above
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed and the US gained land in what would become California, Arizona and New Mexico at the end of which of these conflicts?
War of 1812
WWI
Civil War
Mexican-American War
“Remember the Alamo” refers to a battle that was fought during which of these conflicts?
Mexican American War
Texas Revolution
American Revolution
War of 1812
Which of the following means to add as a territory?
Manifest Destiny
Aquisition
Annex
None of these
Which of the following means to buy or obtain something, like land?
Annex
Aquisition
Treaty
None of these
True or False: The journey west got much shorter with the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad.
True
False
Who started the Battle of Little Bighorn?
US Military
Native American Sioux and Cheyenne
Which president signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
What was the Dawes Act of 1887?
A law that forced all Native Americans onto reservations.
A law that gave land to American settlers who meet certain conditions.
A law that allowed Plains Indians to carry on their way of life.
A law that broke up Native Americans land to smaller allotments (or parts).
True or False? When Native Americans signed treaties with the U.S. government to be granted large pieces of land, settlers would always honor the treaties and not settle on the Native American land.
True
False
What was the Indian Removal Act?
An act that allowed Native Americans to move settlers off of their land
An act that allowed the government to move the Native Americans off of land
An act that allowed the Cherokees to stay in Virginia and the Carolinas but not in Georgia and Tennessee
An act that the Native Americans wrote in hopes to protect their land from settlers
Why was the Cherokees journey called the Trail of Tears?
A lot of Cherokees cried as they walked the 800 miles to Oklahoma
The Cherokees began a war with the settlers for their land and lost so they were clearly upset
As the Cherokees traveled to Oklahoma, many died from disease or harsh weather
As the Shoshone tribe traveled to Georgia they lost a lot of tribe members in battle
During the California Gold Rush, hundreds of thousands of Chinese immigrants moved to America. By the 1860s, the Chinese made up almost the entire workforce in which industry?
railroad
meat-packing
ranching
coal mining
Which state was a part of the Mexican Cession after the Mexican-American War?
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Oregon
What animal was essential to the survival of the Great Plains Indians?
Coyote
Buffalo
Wolf
Areas of land set aside for Native Americans by the US government.
Reservations
Districts
Counties
Municipalities
What law gave free land to settlers after farming that land for five years
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Reservation Act
Farmers' Law
The Battle of Little Bighorn was rare because it was one of only a few battles that...
Both sides were slaughtered
Native Americans defeated the US Army
took place in the Southeast
Al of the above
