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WorksheetsUnit 03 - Westward
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 2hrs 2mins
What was the Trail of Tears?
The nickname given to Manifest Destiny by many Native Americans
The battlefield where thousands of Cherokees were killed defending their home territory
The path walked by Native Americans as they were forced to relocate to Indian Territory
A dangerous path across the Rocky Mountains which caused the death of hundreds of settlers
What impact did Manifest Destiny have on Native Americans?
They were often asked to lead journeys to new territories.
They were consulted for the best routes to new territories.
They were forced to relocate from their home territories.
They became rich by selling the land in their home territories.
Which statement best describes the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
The Missouri Compromise tried to keep a balance between slave territory and free territory as the United States grew.
The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to stop the spread of slavery as new states and territories were added.
The Missouri Compromise was designed to make sure that slavery would be legal if the residents of a state wanted it to be.
The Missouri Compromise was intended to put off the debate over slavery so it could be decided by later generations.
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Which sentence best describes the two main factors that caused conflict between Native Americans and white settlers?
Native Americans did not want to be under American rule or join the U.S. military.
Native Americans did not want to change their culture or give up their land.
Native Americans did not want to give up their gold or teach the Europeans to hunt.
Which answer best explains the reason people wanted to build a railroad across the United States?
The railroad companies wanted to put the canal builders out of business.
The government wanted the route completed before the Civil War started.
The railroad companies wanted to prove they could build such a long track.
The Gold Rush of 1849 inspired the railroad companies to try to get trains to California.
According to this map, people who were against slavery were most likely to settle in which states?
The region including Missouri and the unorganized territory of the central plains
The group of states including those in the Northeastern United States
The group of states including those in the Southeastern United States
The group of states including the unorganized territory and Northwestern United States
Why is the red line between Missouri and the Arkansas Territory significant?
The line started the debate that eventually led to the Civil War.
The line gave Congress much needed control over the politics of the rapidly growing Midwest.
The line established a boundary to keep the slave states and the free states balanced in Congress.
The map above shows a portion of North America before the Mexican-American War. Which answer best explains how these boundaries changed as a result of the war?
Mexico and the United States split the disputed area approximately equally.
The United States gained the disputed area and nearly half of Mexico's territory.
Mexico gained the disputed area, but the United States kept the rest of their territory.
The United States gained the disputed area, but Mexico kept the rest of their territory.
Using the map, review the territory gained by the United States through the Gadsden Purchase. How did the Gadsden Purchase most likely affect trade?
It prevented overseas trade with Texas.
It allowed Mexico to trade with Asian countries more easily.
It kept Native American tribes from trading with each other.
It provided the U.S. with a southern route a railroad.
Movement from one place to another is called
Migration
Immigration
Manifest Destiny
Ceding
What was the goal of Manifest Destiny?
To control all of the lands to the Pacific.
To create an alliance with Mexico
To move settlers north of the Great Lakes
Why did the U.S. create the Indian Removal Act?
The wealth of a few individuals versus the right of individual freedom
The rule of law in a new land and the question of liberty for all people
The exploitation of natural resources and the removal of undesirable people
The white settlers desire for more land and the Native Americans' independence
Which of the following was a consequence of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Texas gained independence from Mexico.
The war between the United States and Mexico ended.
The Bear Flag Republic was officially recognized as a state.
The debate over allowing slavery in the territory gained by the U.S. was settled.
What began the Mexican-American War?
Border Disputes on the Rio Grande and Nueces River
The U.S. Acquiring Florida
Punishment for the Mexicans
If you went searching for gold in California, in 1849 you were a...
gullible man
49er
Pioneer
Mountain Man
List two results of the Gold Rush. (Check all that apply.)
Native Americans gained fame and became very rich
Native Americans lost territory and population.
No one really cared about San Francisco
Thousands moved to California.
In 1845 what state was added to the United States as a slave state?
Texas
Missouri
California
Utah
In the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico surrendered the area called _____, which included all of the modern states of California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
The disputed territories
The Mexican Cession
New Spain
The Spanish Homelands
What did California and Texas have in common?
Both would enter the Union as slave states.
Both would enter the Union as free states.
Both were former Mexican territories.
Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.
Name the territory for #3
Texas Annexation
Oregon Country (Territory)
Florida Territory
Original 13 Colonies
Name the territory for #7
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
Oregon Country (Territory)
Northwest Territory
Name the YEAR acquired of the territory for #8
1776
1819
1853
1846
Who signed the Indian Removal Act into law?
Andrew Jackson
John Adams
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
Check all that apply: How did the Cherokee assimilate to white society?
They developed their own written language
They wore the same kinds of clothing
They grew crops
They built the same types of homes
They ratified laws
What reporter was credited with creating the name Manifest Destiny?
James Mulcahey
Fahey Flynn
John O'Sullivan
Tim Weigel
How much did the United States pay for California?
$5,000,000
$50,000,000
$15,000,000
They didn't pay. They won it in the war.
Why did President Polk decide to go to war with Mexico to get California and New Mexico?
he wanted to make them both slave states
Mexico wouldn't sell the land to the U.S.
he wanted the gold mines
he wanted to move the Capitol to California
Which city became one of the U.S's largest almost overnight due to the Gold Rush?
Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Francisco
Sonoma
What Indian tribe was Sitting Bull a member of?
Lakota
Pawnee
Seminole
Cherokee
The Ghost Dance was a combination of what?
White and Lakota culture.
Indian prophecies with elements of Christianity
Why did the U.S. Army attack at Little Bighorn?
In response to the destruction of Fort Knox earlier.
To drive the Lakota Sioux back onto the reservation.
As a training mission for new recruits.
To protect the Lakota Sioux from their enemies.
Colonel Custer and all his men
escaped to the nearest Army fort.
made a peace treaty with the Lakota Sioux.
died at the hands of the Lakota Sioux at Little Bighorn.
worked with the Lakotas to build the Little Bighorn Reservation.
How did "ghost dancing" lead to the Tragedy of Wounded Knee?
Lakota Sioux refused to stop hunting buffalo.
Lakota Sioux refused to stop their traditional ghost dance ceremony.
The Army would not let Native Americans come to dances at the forts.
The Army joined the Lakota Sioux ceremony.
