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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Early 1800s
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 33mins
The shaded area was purchased by what European country in 1803?
Greece
England
Italy
France
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the infant United States and has been heralded (praised) as crucial to the American path to becoming the world superpower. It also had profound effects upon African American slaves because the new territory would be organized into states that became the political and sometimes actual battlegrounds that led to the Civil War.
What can we infer from this passage?
The Louisiana Purchase ended the slavery controversy
The Louisiana Purchase made the slavery controversy worse
The Civil War was fought in the Louisiana territory
France became the world superpower after the Louisiana Purchase
The map depicts the.......
Territory won by the colonists after the Revolutionary War
The area that was once controlled by the Cherokee Nation in North America
The areas Native Americans were allowed to live during Andrew Jackson's administration
The areas were slavery was legal or illegal after the Missouri Compromise of 1820
This image was created to....
Commemorate Andrew Jackson being named King of England after his presidency
Mock Andrew Jackson for his controlling nature during his presidency
Show that Andrew Jackson was considered the best president in US History.
Mock Andrew Jackson for the outfit he wore to his inauguration
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing (allowing) the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted (fought) the relocation policy. During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly (by force) moved west by the United States government. Approximately (about) 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears."
Which statement is false based on the passage above?
Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act
Approximately 4000 Cherokees died as a result of the Indian Removal Act
Every Indian peaceflly accepted the Indian Removal act
The Indian Removal Act was signed on May 28, 1830
The cotton gin made plantation owners want to expand to the western territories because it .....
Made it easier for enslaved people to remove the seeds from cotton for future sale
Made from parts that were easy to transport
Resembled a similar device made in West Africa
Was given to plantation owners for free by president Jefferson
Why is the painting "American Progress" an effective symbol of Westward expansion?
It shows us that it was acceptable not to wear shoes during this time
It shows us that women were at the top of American society at this time
It shows us that Americans never moved and explored new places
It shows us that the concept of Manifest Destiny didn't include people of color
What was NOT a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine entered the US as a free state
Areas north of the 36 30 line were allowed to become free states
Missouri entere the US as a slave state
Areas south of the 36 30 line had to outlaw slavery within 5 years
Washington himself lived in a multi-lingual world that included people speaking numerous (many) Algonquin, Iroquoian, and Siouxan languages and dialects (language spoken in a particular region). His actions on behalf of the British government and later the United States affected Native peoples in often tragic ways.
What can we infer passage above?
Washington never interacted with other cultures
Washington only worked in the interests of the United States
Washington's actions affected Native Peoples negatively as a British and American citizen
Washington's political career was hurt by his interaction with Native Americans
Napoleon is connected to America's Westward Expansion because he.....
went to war against Native Americans in an alliance with Andrew Jackson
spoke many Native American languages and made treaties with tribes for America
showed American leaders maps never seen before.
sold the Louisiana territory to the United States for 15 million dollars, doubling its size at once.
This image symbolizes.....
twin brothers that invented the cotton gin in 1793
attempts to assimilate Native Americans after taking their traditional lands during Westward Expansion.
Native American undercover agents who blended in and gained intelligence on their enemies.
the cover of a popular fiction novel in the 1800s.
What can we infer from this chart?
The Trail of Tears was responsible for thousands of deaths for multiple Indian tribes
The Cherokee and Creek tribes were constantly at war with each other
The Trail of Tears was a positive event for Native American people
The Seminole tribe suffered the most during the Trail of Tears
Our national birth was the beginning of a new history, the formation and progress of an untried political system, which separates us from the past and connects us with the future only. Our country is destined to be the great nation of futurity (of the future).
This quote from John O'Sullivan is connected to what 19th Century idea?
slavery compromises
taxation without representation
Manifest Destiny
cultural diffusion
Many tribes of Native Americans practiced scalping, in some instances up until the end of the 19th century. Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head, and generally occurred in warfare with the scalp being a trophy.
This passage represents...
something that only happened in movies
what American train robbers did to their victims
what Canadians threatened to do if Americans attempted to move further north in North America
a practice that scared European Americans from moving westward until Native Americans were relocated
"I know that this acquisition has been disapproved by some ... that the enlargement of our territory would endanger its union... The larger our association the less will it be shaken by local passions; and in any view is it not better that the opposite bank of the Mississippi should be settled by our own brethren and children than by strangers of another family?"
What event is explained in this quote?
The Revolutionary War
The Louisiana Purchase
World War I
The Gadsden Purchase
