WorksheetsWestward Expansion & Sectionalism
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who claimed the reason for purchasing the Louisiana Territory from the French was to provide land for all Americans (white settlers)?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Sam Houston
What did the founding fathers choose to omit (leave out) of the US Constitution?
Slavery
State Rights
Separation of Powers
Why did a majority of whites in the North want slavery to be illegal?
Business owners would not benefit from owning slaves.
Northerners believed that slavery was wrong.
Factory workers did not want to loose their jobs to slaves.
What lead to the Compromise of 1820?
Missouri wanted to be admitted as a slave state.
California wanted to be admitted as a free state.
Texas wanted to be admitted as a slave state.
After Mexico gained independence they encouraged US Immigrants to settle the region of Tejas. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Mexico wanted the immigrants to help fight the natives in the area?
Mexico expected the US immigrants to be loyal to Mexico and to obey all Mexican laws.
Mexico didn't know what to do with the land so they let anyone in.
As a result of Mexico encouraging US immigrants into Tejas, which of the following statements did NOT happen.
US immigrants quickly outnumbered the Native & Mexicans in the area.
US immigrants started to assimilate and adopted the Mexican culture and way of life.
US Immigrants brought their slaves with them even though it was illegal in Mexico.
Spain ruled the area of Tejas for a few hundred years. What statement below is NOT true.
The Spanish built settlements or missions throughout the Tejas area that are still there today.
The Spanish brought their religion to the Tejas region.
The Spanish brought thousands of settlers to the Tejas area and built very large cities populated with Spanish citizens.
When US immigrants started to outnumber the Mexican citizens living in the Tejas region how did Mexico react?
Mexico banned US immigrants from entering Mexico.
Mexico suggested the US immigrants apply to be a US State.
Mexico asked the Natives in the area to fight the US immigrants.
What sparked the beginning of the Texan Revolution?
The Texans fought Santa Anna at the Battle of the Alamo.
A group of Mexican soldiers tried to take back a cannon they had given the settlers for protection against the natives.
A rebel force defeated the Mexican forces at the Battle of San Jacinto.
What happened to the Tejas region right after the US rebels declared their independence?
They became the state of Texas.
They became the Republic of Texas (a new country).
The country of Mexico ignored the declaration of independence and sent forces into the area to take back the land.
Why did the US take a while (10 years) to admit Texas as a state? Mark the statement that is NOT true.
The North did not want another slave state.
The US was afraid that Mexico would start a war.
The US did not have enough money to pay Mexico for Texas.
After the US annexes Texas they go to war against Mexico. Mexico is defeated. What was exchanged between the US and Mexico at the end of the war?
Mexico paid the US $15 million in order to keep California.
The US gave up the southern half of its territory to Mexico.
The US paid Mexico $15 million for the northern half of Mexico.
Where in California was gold discovered?
Sacramento
San Francisco
Sutter's Mill
Who was a typical 49'er?
Immigrant families looking to make it rich.
Young unmarried men from all corners of the globe.
Entrepreneurs from the east coast.
Which statement below explains why there was so much crime in California after the discovery of gold?
The government tended to only help the locals.
The area really didn't have a local government.
The local government was corrupt.
What caused the turmoil that led to the Compromise of 1850?
Oregon Territory was still controlled by England.
Utah wanted to allow women to vote.
California applied to be a free state.
Which of the four answers below is not a provision of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
A slaves status is permanent, even if they live in a free state.
Former slaves were now considered slaves again so their previous owners could now claim them.
African American being reclaimed were not allowed to speak in their defense.
Americans who were against slavery could help free any slaves without breaking the law.
What was the underground railroad?
A secret network of people across the US who helped slaves escape to Canada.
Underground tunnels used by slaves as they escaped from the south.
Secret network of railroads that helped slaves escape to Canada.
What does it mean when the US government guaranteed that Natives would own their land in "perpetuity"?
The Natives would get to keep their lands forever.
The Natives would get to pass the land on for 2 generations, then the US would control the land.
The Natives would only get to own their land while they were alive and the land would revert to the US after the Natives passed on.
What caused the Native tribes to violate one another's hunting grounds leading to intertribal warfare?
The Natives wanted more land to raise their buffalo herds.
The Native tribes competed with each other over who could sell buffalo meat to the passing pioneers.
The pioneers forced the buffalo herds to change their grazing patterns causing the Natives to follow the herds into new territory.
What was included in the proposal in 1851 between the US and the Plains Indians?
The US would pay each tribe $50,000 in food and trade goods for the next 50 years.
The Natives would get to keep their lands and buffalo herds.
The US promised to not build any forts or roads in Indian Territory.
