WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
In 1803, President Jefferson bought a huge piece of land west of the Mississippi River from France. How much did the United States pay for it?
One hundred dollars
15 thousand dollars
15 million dollars
No money was exchanged instead they traded gold for the land
The Homestead Act was when the United States gave away ___________ to settlers.
lumber to build houses
plots of land
seeds to grow crops
wagons to travel out west
What was the main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To meet and trade with the Native Americans
To explore and map out the land west of the Mississippi River
To pan for gold in the rivers
To map out a trail through the Appalachian Mountains
Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the ____________________ by land?
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson River
Pacific Ocean
The United States government forced many Native American tribes to relocate to different areas called Indian Reservations so that…
white settlers could move on that land
they to turn the land into National Parks
they could build cabins as rest stops in the mountains
they could sell the land to Mexico
During the Westward Expansion the United States more than doubled in size.
True
False
The Louisiana Purchase was when the United States bought a huge piece of land from France in 1803
True
False
An unsettled or barely settled area in America where mostly Native Americans lived
frontier
homestead
vaquero
exoduster
The area of America from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The land was mostly flat and grasslands.
Great Plains
frontier
homestead
Sitting Bull
Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes
boomtown
reservation
frontier
Great Plains
Land to settle on and farm
frontier
homestead
Great Plains
farmland
The Great Plains are located between the Mississippi River and the
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
state of California
Atlantic Ocean
This President purchased the Louisiana Territory ---
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Monroe
"From Sea to Shining Sea..." can best be used to describe --
Manifest Destiny
Globalization
Eastern Expansion
Great Migration
The Louisiana territory ______ the size of the United States!
Doubled
Tripled
Made Smaller
Quadrupled
This country owned Florida before the United States received it in a treaty --
Spain
France
Germany
Great Britain
What was discovered out in California during the 1840s?
Gold
Frankinsence
Myrrh
Salt
This painting, American Progress, is best known to symbolize what idea?
Manifest Destiny
Impressment
Industrialization
Patriotism
The U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase from which country?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Mexico
The U.S. made a treaty with which nation to receive the Oregon Territory?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Mexico
What is the Indian Removal Act?
A law that helped Native Americans stay on their land.
A law that allowed the U.S. to make a bargain with Great Britain for Oregon.
A law that allowed the U.S. government to make treaties to make Native Americans move west.
A law with Spain that stopped the Seminole raids on U.S. farmers.
This example of American art is best known as-
The Bride Path by Winslow Homer
Under the Horse Chestnut Tree by Mary Cassatt
American Progress by John Gast
American Gothic by Grant Wood
Francis Scott Key was inspired to write what famous poem at the battle of Fort McHenry?
Yankee Doodle
America the Beautiful
Pledge of Allegiance
Star Spangled Banner
The picture best demonstrates which vocabulary term?
industry
agriculture
manufacture
impressment
What was one major effect of the Trail of Tears?
Native Americans were moved to better land with more rich soil.
Native Americans wanted to leave the Georgia territory.
Native Americans lost their homeland and their way of life.
Which of the following caused France to sell the Louisiana Territory to U.S.
Spain wanted the territory.
France needed money to fight a war with Britain.
They did not want it anymore.
It was too big for France to keep up with.
Which of the following explorers does this quote describe? "Explored new territory and documented plants and animals along the way"
Jefferson and Washington
Jackson and Madison
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln and Madison
