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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
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?
Northwest Ordinance
Southeast Ordinance
Northeast Ordinance
Southwest Ordinance
The leader of France during the Louisiana Purchase was who?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Juan Seguin
Napoleon Bonafonte
James Polk
Who established a colony in Texas after his father passed away?
Sam Houston
Thomas Jefferson
Juan Seguin
Stephen F. Austin
President Jefferson sent which two people to purchase the Louisiana territory?
James Livingston and Robert Monroe
Meriwhether Lewis and William Clark
James Monroe and Robert Livingston
William Lewis and Meriwhether Clark
The United States paid how much money per acre for all of Louisiana?
3 cents per acre
15 million dollars
2 million dollars
25 cents
The United States bought what state from Russia for 7.2 million dollars?
Hawaii
Nevada
Alaska
Arkansas
In order for a state to be established, the population of the colony had to reach-
60,000
5,000
6,000
50,000
How many people traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase Territory?
30
35
40
60
Texas joined the union in what year?
1745
1845
1846
1744
Which war brought about the creation of West Virginia?
Civil War
Revolutionary
French & Indian
County
What was the 14th state to join the Union?
Vermont
Maine
West Virginia
Texas
What does Pennsylvania mean?
Pencil
Penn's Apples
Penn's Woods
Penn's Vania
What was the name of the Treaty that ended the American Revolution?
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of America
Declaration of Independence
Who was the president that ran on the slogan "54/40 or fight"?
Thomas Jefferson
James Polk
James Monroe
William McKinley
The final purchase from Mexico to complete the 48 states was called what?
Louisiana Territory
Lousiana Purchase
Gaston Purchase
Gasden Purchase
In 1900, Hawaii was made a US-
state
colony
region
territory
What is the belief that the US was destined to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
Mississippi Providence
Westward Expansion
Land Acquisition
The oldest city in the United States is
Honolulu
Houston
St. Augustine
Boston
King George gave the land of Pennsylvania to William Penn to-
Pay a war debt.
repay a debt to his family.
repay a bet he lost.
pay for Delaware.
The Proclamation of 1763 said there could be no settlements west of the-
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
The first state to join the union in 1620 was-
Texas
Vermont
Delaware
Massachusetts
