WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
This main route to the West was opened by the early American frontiersman, Daniel Boone. This route was called what?
Wilderness Road
Kentucky Road
Cumberland Trail
Appalachian Trail
Which men were sent to see if there was a river route that could be taken to the Pacific Ocean?
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson and Madison
Boone and Crocket
Pike and Profit
Who joined Lewis and Clark on their journey as an interpreter who helped them build relationships and trade with the native peoples?
Sacagawea
Susan B. Anthony
York
Harriet Tubman
Which of the following was one of the primary goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
to escape religious persecution
to explore land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase
to help white settlers in the west
to find gold in California
Who explored in the Rocky Mountains and has a landform (Pikes Peak) named after them?
Daniel Boone
William Meriwether
George Clark
Zebulon Pike
During the early years of the nation, many Americans believed it was their responsibility to encourage expansion across the continent and to spread their way of life. This belief was called what?
Era of Good Feelings
Homestead Act
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
The picture most accurately represents what?
various types of transportation
trails westward
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
Why were people moving west during this time in history?
western lands represented new choices and were wide open
looking for more fertile land (farmland)
states on the East Coast were well-populated
all of these answers are correct
In 1803, the United States completed the Louisiana Purchase from what country?
Spain
France
Russia
Great Britain
Which of the following explains why the United States gained Louisiana?
The U.S. defeated France in the War of 1803.
The U.S. purchased Louisiana from France in exchange for gold in California.
The U.S. was given Louisiana from France by treaty to prevent war.
The U.S. purchases Louisiana from France to gain access to the ports of New Orleans
As a result of the Louisiana Purchase, the United States gained the area ____________.
between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
east of the Mississippi River
between the Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico
west of the Rocky Mountains
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?
Native Americans gave them land.
The port at New Orleans was closed.
A route to the Pacific Ocean was discovered.
The size of the country doubled.
Which tribe was forced off their lands when the United States acquired Florida during the Seminole Wars?
the Seminole tribe
the Cherokee tribe
the Creek tribe
the Choctaw tribe
Which of the following was an effect of the Indian Removal Act?
Many Native Americans in the South were forced off their lands.
The Cherokee formed a constitutional government.
Settlers and Indians lived together peacefully.
Justice Marshall was elected to the Supreme Court.
During the early 1800s, a person heading West on the Oregon Trail was most likely traveling in -
a train
a covered wagon
an automobile
a canoe
How did the population of the United States change in the early and mid-1800s?
The population grew because people were immigrating from the United States.
The population declined because new diseases that were spread between the settlers and native people.
The population did not change during this time period.
The population grew because immigrants came from all over the world, especially from Europe.
Why did so many Europeans immigrate to the United States in the early to mid-1800s?
available land
new economic opportunities
higher wages
escape the turmoil in their home countries
all of these answers are correct
The invention of the cotton gin caused slavery to spread because cotton was cleaned much faster, which made cotton profitable and therefore, increased the demand for enslaved African Americans.
True
False
Name two new inventions that changed transportation in the United States during this time -
airplanes and tractor trailers
railroads and automobiles
canals and railroads
covered wagons and automobiles
How did improvements in technology and transportation change American businesses?
Factories became a new way of work for many.
all of these answers are correct
Mass production was introduced.
Goods were produced more quickly and moved faster and more cheaply.
Which of the following were significant trails used to travel west during the 1840s?
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Old Spanish Trail and California Trail
Oregon Trail
all of these are correct
Why were people traveling along the Mormon Trail?
They wanted to get away from crowded areas.
They had been mistreated because of their religious beliefs.
They were seeking jewels and fame.
They were looking for a Northwest Passage.
Texas became a part of the United States after they won their independence from which country?
Great Britain
Spain
United States
Mexico
Which territory acquisition was established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which gave the United States the territory that included California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. This treaty also identified the US/Mexico border at the Rio Grande?
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Oregon Territory
In the late 1840s, many settlers went to California to look for what?
religious freedom
gold
new jobs
good farmland
This allowed a way for new states to join the United States.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
This claimed California was a free state and the states from the Mexican Cession could choose whether they were going to be free or slave states.
Compromise of 1850
Northwest Ordinance
Dred Scott Decision
Missouri Compromise
This kept the Senate equally divided between free and slave states. Missouri joined as a slave state, and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott Decision
Northwest Ordinance
This act let voters decide if these states would be free or slave states
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
A group of people who worked to promote the end of slavery.
abolitionists
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
