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WorksheetsWestern Expansion Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The American idea that the country should span from Atlantic to Pacific, across the Continent was known as...
(a)
The land acquisition resulting from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was...
New Mexico
Texas
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
What land addition was positioned directly below the Great Lakes?
Big Lake Territory
Ohio River Valley
Northwest Territory
Oregon Territory
Which land acquisition was made primarily due to the building of railroads to and from California?
Oregon Territory
Texas
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
What year did Texas become a State?
1836
1845
1846
1848
Which President did not want Texas to join the Union for fear Mexico would draw the United States into war over it?
Zachary Tyler
James Polk
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Select the animal(s) from which settlers chose to draw their wagons:
Buffalo
Oxen
Hereford Cattle
Mules
What did American settlers do that most angered the Indians as they moved in wagon trains across the West?
Burned Indian villages
Threw out trash on their lands
Killed off buffalo herds
Put them on reservations
How did settlers get Cholera?
Tainted meat
Bad water
Extreme heat exhaustion
Parasites in their food
What US President oversaw the Louisiana Purchase?
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
What war was fought from 1846-1848?
Bolivarian Revolution
Texas Revolution
Mexican American War
The Redstick Rebellion
In order to become a State, a territory required a population of
10,000
20,000
55,000
60,000
