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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 47mins
What land deal did President Jefferson make with France in 1803 that doubled the size of the US?
The Transcontinental Railroad
The California Gold Rush
The Louisiana Purchase
The Manifest Destiny
Who were the two most prominent North American explorers of the early 1800s?
Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Davy Crockett and Sam Houston
Santa Ana and William Travis
Lewis and Clark searched for a water passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans mainly to allow
the religious Morman families to travel west to settle in Utah.
the railroads to travel to many destinations on the continent.
goods to be shipped and people to travel across the continent.
pioneers to search for gold in California.
What was built in 1817 to connect ports in New York to Lake Erie in the Midwest?
The Erie Canal
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Oregon Trail
The Alamo Mission
Which governor insisted the Erie Canal be built despite its high cost?
Leland Stanford
Antonio Lopez
James Bowie
Dewitt Clinton
The Mexican and American cultures fought over land in
California
Oklahama
Florida
Texas
William Travis, Davy Crockett, and James Bowie were Texas heroes who defended the
Alamo
Railroads
Erie Canal
Gold Rush
Which general seized power in Mexico and attacked and killed many Americans in San Antonio?
Davy Crockett
Gereral Andrew Jackson
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Dewitt Clinton
Who led the Texan army to victory in a surprise attack with shouts of, "Remember the Alamo!"?
Sam Houston
William Travis
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
In the mid 1800s, the US government passed a law to give pioneers 160 acres of land in Oregon if they
agreed to work for the government for five years.
agreed to help build a railroad across the land.
agreed to fight off Native Americans that lived on the land.
agreed to farm the land for four years.
When did Texas join the US as the 29th state?
December 29, 1905
December 29, 1845
December 29, 1776
December 29, 1812
The pioneers would "circle the wagons" on the trail at night to
gather everyone together for mealtime.
offer protection for the people and livestock.
stay warm by the fire.
share belongings stored in the wagons.
The Oregon Trail
was 2,000 miles long
took six months to travel
crossed the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains
all of these are correct
What was the main reason that approximately 300,000 people traveled to California in 1849? What were these people specifcally called?
The Gold Rush;
the forty-niners
The Gold Rush;
the pioneers
The Gold Fever;
the settlers
The Gold Fever;
Californians
The "Golden Spike" represented which signifcant development in America?
the Star of Empire
the Gold Rush
the Erie Canal
the transcontinental railroad
Which frontiersman complained in disagreement about President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act?
Sam Houston
Meriweather Lewis
Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
Which religious group of people left their homes to settle in Utah?
The Forty-Niners
The Mormons
The Sooners
The Frontiersmen
In the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889, pioneers were allowed to claim land, but some people rushed the land illegally. They are known as
The Sooners
The Mormons
The Texans
The Oklahomans
List 3 challeges the pioneers faced as they traveled west.
(a)
Which event is the most important in defining the American Westward Movement of the 1800s?
The California Gold Rush
The Golden Spike
The Texas Alamo
The Oklahoma Land Run
In your opinion, whose lives were most impacted by the Westward Movement? Write a short paragrph to explain what you think.
