WorksheetsWestward Expansion Major Assessment
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
What opportunity is sought by most of those immigrants who took this trail?
finding gold
owning their own land
religious freedom
hunting buffalo
How did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow attempt to bring the nation together?
He wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner”
He donated his gold discovery in California to the U.S. Government
He gave speeches around the country
He wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride”
What is the concept of the United States should own the land between the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans?
Industrial Revolution
Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase
Gold Rush
Complete the graphic organizer. Who is being described?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
President James Polk
President Andrew Jackson
Paul Revere
How does this painting reflect the time it was done by the Prussian immigrant,
John Gast?
It expresses the concept of this era called Manifest Destiny.
It expresses the concept of this era called the Gold Rush.
It is an expression of the end of Native American culture.
It is an expression of the Common Man Democratic Party.
How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect the economic development of the
United States?
It caused a decrease in shipping for the southern markets.
It caused a stall in the U.S. economy.
It caused the growth of the U.S. economy to slow down.
It caused quick growth of the U.S. economy.
What does this image represent and why?
The Republican Party because James Polk adopted it.
The Democratic Party because Andrew Jackson adopted it.
Office of the President of the United States because Andrew Jackson adopted it.
Manifest Destiny because the donkey is a hard-working animal.
What opportunity did Horace Mann provide to U.S. immigrants?
A place to freely worship without persecution
Free land in Oregon
A job for every adult
A public education for their children
Complete the graphic organizer. What was another challenge for Africans in
America?
Forced mainly to mine for coal
Forced mainly to work on small farms
Forced mainly to work in factories
Forced mainly to work on plantations
Which immigrants were the main builders of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Irish and English
Irish and German
Irish and Chinese
Chinese and English
Who contributed to the United States identity with things such as blue jeans and
hot dogs?
Immigrants to the U.S. in the 1800s
Tejanos who became a part of the U.S. in 1845
Factory owners who invented these items and mass produced them
The immigrants from China
Who experienced these challenges during the settlement of the frontier?
the European immigrants
the Tejanos
the Asian Immigrants
the Native Americans
During the 1800s, as the number of immigrants increased to the U.S., so did -
the Transcontinental Railroad
the political parties
the economy
the poverty
Which majority of immigrants in the 1800s, purchased small farms and created
culture based communities?
Irish
Russians
Chinese
Germans
What was one of the reasons the Irish were disliked in the U.S in the 1800s?
Many in the U.S. did not like the rich Irish coming to America and taking land
Many in the U.S. did not like the fact that Irish were Catholic
The Irish were the main group of people who were successful in the Gold Rush
No one could understand what the Irish were saying
What economic opportunities did the California Gold Rush provide?
boomtowns
the Transcontinental Railroad
rich soil for agriculture
many rich men who found gold
The Mexican-American War contributed to what goal of the United States in the
1800s?
the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Industrial Revolution
Manifest Destiny
patriotism
Why did Mormons travel across the frontier to the Great Salt Lake area?
to practice their religions freely
to mine for gold
to building the Transcontinental Railroad
to fight in the Mexican-American War
