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Westward Migration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What area is letter A on the map?

a)

Flordia

b)

Texas Territory

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

California Territory

2.

What area is letter B on the map?

a)

Flordia

b)

Texas Territory

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

California Territory

e)

The United States before the Louisiana Purchase

3.

What area is letter C on the map?

a)

Flordia

b)

Texas Territory

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

California Territory

e)

The United States before the Louisiana Purchase

4.

What area is letter D on the map?

a)

Flordia

b)

Texas Territory

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

California Territory

e)

The United States before the Louisiana Purchase

5.

What were the goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition given to them by President Thomas Jefferson? (Choose 3)

a)

Identify if the Columbia river is a good route to the Pacific Ocean

b)

Learn about the plant and animal life

c)

Find the best route to the Atlantic Ocean

d)

Survey the territory (mapping the geography)

e)

Identify good areas to build telegraph lines

6.

Who did the U. S. gain Florida from?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain

7.

Why was the Louisiana Purchase a significant event in U.S. history?

a)

It nearly bankrupted the U.S.

b)

It started a war between the U.S. and France.

c)

It doubled the size of the U.S.

d)

It ended westward expansion in the U.S.

8.

Why were the people in Texas fighting at the Alamo?

a)

They wanted to grow more crops

b)

To gain independence from Mexico

c)

They wanted to become part of a French territory.

d)

They wanted more land

9.

What event contributed most to the major growth of California?

a)

completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

b)

the discovery of gold in California

c)

invention of the steam engine

d)

completion of the Erie Canal

10.

Canals, steamboats, and railroads carried settlers part of the way west. What trail did they then have to take to complete their journey?

a)

Mississippi Trail

b)

Missouri Trail

c)

California Trail

d)

Oregon Trail

11.

The law allowed the U.S. to remove American Indians by forced them to land west of the Mississippi River on Reservations.

a)

Relocation

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Reservation

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago

12.

In which battle did the American Indians win, killing Army Lt. Colonel George Custer and all of his men, making American settlers very upset?

a)

Battle of Wounded Knee

b)

Battle of Bunkerhill

c)

Battle of Little Bighorn

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

13.

Forcing American Indians to march west, to lands that the settlers did not want, in the bitter cold with sickness and starvation was known as:

a)

The Oregon Trail

b)

The Trail of Tears

c)

The Trail of Nebraska

d)

The Trail of Mississippi

14.

Which statements correctly describe causes of American Indian relocation in the 1800s?

(Choose 3)

a)

American settlers wanted American Indian land in the Southeast for farming.

b)

The U.S. government bought American Indian land for a fair price.

c)

American settlers did not approve of American Indian culture.

d)

The U.S. government wanted to protect the American Indians from catching European diseases.

e)

American settlers wanted to stop American Indians from interfering and attacking them in the west.

15.

What is the significance of "Remember the Alamo!"? Why did the Texas fighters shout that during the battle with Santa Anna?

a)

It was a famous song

b)

To remember how they won before, and know they could do so again

c)

To remember those that died during the battle at the Alamo

d)

That was a hero's name