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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. The belief that the United States was meant to spread across the entire North American continent was called ________.
The Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Polk’s Plan
The Gold Rush
2. James K. Polk’s campaign slogan that helped him win the presidency was _______.
Remember the Alamo
Go West Young Man
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
America’s Destiny
3. The average time it took settlers to move west to the Oregon Territory along the Oregon Trail was ________.
4 weeks
6 weeks
4months
6 months
Which of the following trails was NOT and actual trail used during westward expansion.
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
Mormon Trail
Frontier Trail
Which of the following statements is true about Native Americans during westward expansion.
Many died from diseases brought to them by the settlers.
They became wealthy from settlers buying their lands.
They were happy to see settlers bring new bringing new innovations to the west.
They wanted to adopt American way of life.
Florida was finally admitted as a state once ________ has enough population to also apply for statehood so that congress would keep balance between free and slave states.
Missouri
Texas
Iowa
Oregon
Americans were invited to settle in Texas by ________.
Mexico
Spain
France
Great Britain
Which of the following was NOT a condition Americans were supposed to follow in order to move to Mexican controlled Texas territory?
Learn to speak Spanish
Support for slavery
Convert to Catholicism
Follow Mexican laws
Americans were heavily outnumbered and defeated by the Mexican army at ________.
El Paso
Rio Grande river
the Alamo
San Jacinto
Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was captured and forced to sign Texas Independence after the battle at ________.
the Alamo
San Jacinto
the Rio Grande river
the Nueces river
Conflict between the United States and Mexico begins when Mexico crosses which river and attacks American troops?
Rio Grande
Nueces
Pecos
Brazos
Which of the following was NOT part of the 3 goals in Polk’s plan to defeat Mexico?
Drive Mexican forces out of Texas
Seize New Mexico and California
Capture the capital Mexico City
Capture and imprison Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
Which American General accomplished driving Mexican forces out of Texas?
Zachary Taylor
Stephen Kearney
John. C Freemont
Winfield Scott
Conflict for independence in California begins ________.
At the beginning of the Mexican-American war
When American warships appear off the coasts of San Diego and San Francisco
When John C. Freemont leads an uprising in northern California
When Mexico invades into California territory
The treaty that ends the Mexican-American War is the ________.
Treaty of Santa Fe
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Mexico City
Treaty of California
Gold is first discovered at Sutter’s Mill in ________.
1847
1848
1849
1850
People who flocked to California looking for gold became known as ________.
Gold Diggers
Gold Miners
Gold Rushers
Forty-Niners
A boomtown was a ________.
Town that had a huge gold find.
A community with a large amount of crime
A community that used explosives to find gold
A fast growing community
Mormons were lead west to escape religious persecution by ________.
John C. Fremont
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Marcus Whitman
The Mormons settled in what area?
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon
