WorksheetsManifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
A religious term used to explain how to be saved
The purchase of Louisiana from France
was a costly mistake
was opposed by western farmers
doubled the size of the United States
led to war with Great Britain
The historical era of Manifest Destiny is best characterized by —
civil war
social reform
expansion overseas
westward movement
Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?
NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty
NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers
NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills
NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers
Which was NOT one of the groups of people that helped remake the West?
Miners
Ranchers
Factory People
Farmers
Who were the people that traveled west in search of wealth and new land?
Pioneers
The British
Native Americans
privateers
