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Westward Expansion

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the ordinance that said there must be at least 5,000 free males who owned 50 acres of land or more, before they could establish their own government?

a)

Northwest Ordinance

b)

Southeast Ordinance

c)

Northeast Ordinance

d)

Southwest Ordinance

2.

The leader of France during the Louisiana Purchase was who?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Juan Seguin

c)

Napoleon Bonafonte

d)

James Polk

3.

Who established a colony in Texas after his father passed away?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Juan Seguin

d)

Stephen F. Austin

4.

President Jefferson sent which two people to purchase the Louisiana territory?

a)

James Livingston and Robert Monroe

b)

Meriwhether Lewis and William Clark

c)

James Monroe and Robert Livingston

d)

William Lewis and Meriwhether Clark

5.

The United States paid how much money per acre for all of Louisiana?

a)

3 cents per acre

b)

15 million dollars

c)

2 million dollars

d)

25 cents

6.

The United States bought what state from Russia for 7.2 million dollars?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Nevada

c)

Alaska

d)

Arkansas

7.

In order for a state to be established, the population of the colony had to reach-

a)

60,000

b)

5,000

c)

6,000

d)

50,000

8.

How many people traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase Territory?

a)

30

b)

35

c)

40

d)

60

9.

Texas joined the union in what year?

a)

1745

b)

1845

c)

1846

d)

1744

10.

Which war brought about the creation of West Virginia?

a)

Civil War

b)

Revolutionary

c)

French & Indian

d)

County

11.

What was the 14th state to join the Union?

a)

Vermont

b)

Maine

c)

West Virginia

d)

Texas

12.

What does Pennsylvania mean?

a)

Pencil

b)

Penn's Apples

c)

Penn's Woods

d)

Penn's Vania

13.

What was the name of the Treaty that ended the American Revolution?

a)

Proclamation of 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of America

d)

Declaration of Independence

14.

Who was the president that ran on the slogan "54/40 or fight"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Polk

c)

James Monroe

d)

William McKinley

15.

The final purchase from Mexico to complete the 48 states was called what?

a)

Louisiana Territory

b)

Lousiana Purchase

c)

Gaston Purchase

d)

Gasden Purchase

16.

In 1900, Hawaii was made a US-

a)

state

b)

colony

c)

region

d)

territory

17.

What is the belief that the US was destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Mississippi Providence

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Land Acquisition

18.

The oldest city in the United States is

a)

Honolulu

b)

Houston

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Boston

19.

King George gave the land of Pennsylvania to William Penn to-

a)

Pay a war debt.

b)

repay a debt to his family.

c)

repay a bet he lost.

d)

pay for Delaware.

20.

The Proclamation of 1763 said there could be no settlements west of the-

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Missouri River

21.

The first state to join the union in 1620 was-

a)

Texas

b)

Vermont

c)

Delaware

d)

Massachusetts