WorksheetsWestward Expansion SG
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is Manifest Destiny?
Idea that America had to abolish slavery in 1802
America’s right to led Indigenous people off their land in 1855
America’s mission to expand west to the Pacific Ocean during in the 1800’s
What were the goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Andrew Jackson’s idea to send the Corps of Discovery to discover trade routes in the north in 1808
Thomas Jefferson told the Corps of Discovery to expand west because there may be resources in 1802
Lewis told Clark to expand south for new indigenous tribes in 1815
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Land bought from Napoleon in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson
Land bought by England in 1815 by Andrew Jackson
Land bought from South America in 1867 by Thomas Jefferson
What was the Texas Annexation?
Texas being admitted as England territory in 1899
An annexation that caused the Mexican-American war which led to conflict
Texas being admitted as a U.S. state. That wasn’t admitted earlier bc of slave and union conflict.
Texas being admitted as a single republic because the U.S didn’t want another state because of indigenous people.
What was the Mexican Cession?
Texas being admitted as a U.S state that wasnt submitted earlier because of the slave and union states
Land bought from Napoleon in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson
Lands Mexico ceded after the Mexican American war in 1848
What was the Oregon Trail?
A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850
A trail used to travel from Illinois to Utah in 1846
A route that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, NM in 1821
A trail that went from western Missouri to Northern California in 1841-69
What was the Mormon trail?
A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850
A trail used to travel from Illinois to Utah in 1846
A route that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1821.
The California trail went from western Missouri across the great plains into the Rocky mountains to northern California. 1841-69
What was the Santa Fe trail?
A route that connected Missouri with Santa Fe NM in 1821
A trail that connected western Missouri to northern California in 1841-69
A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850
What was the California Trail?
A route that connect in Missouri with Santa Fe New Mexico and 1821
A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850
A trail that was used to travel on from Illinois to Utah in 1846
And trail that traveled from Western Missouri to Northern California in 1841 through 1869
What hardships did emigrants face on the Oregon trail?
(a)
Which president signed the Indian removal act?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
What was the purpose of the Indian removal act?
The president‘s power to force native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi river
An act that caused Indians to move north due to the Americans coming
Thomas Jefferson forced native American tribes to move west
What was the Battle of Gonzalez?
Part of the “remember the Alamo” battle cry. Which had no survivors and resulted in a loss
The first battle of the Texas revolution that resulted in a win
The battle that gained Texas’s independence because of America victory
What was the battle of Alamo?
The battle that gained Texas’s independence because of America’s victory
The battle that caused the “remember the Alamo” battle cry which had no survivors and resulted in an American loss
The first battle of the Texas revolution that resulted in an American victory
What was the battle of San Jacinto?
The battle that caused the “remember the Alamo” battle cry, which had no survivors and resulted in an American loss
The battle that gained Texas is independence because of America‘s final victory
The first battle of the Texas Revolution that resulted in a victory
What was a cause of the Mexican-American war?
The annexation of Texas in 1845
A battle that resulted in American victory
The movement of many people moving west
What were the effects of the Mexican-American war?
The Texas annexation in 1845
The U.S. gained independence
Mexico was damaged and economically ruined
What was the California gold rush? (When, where, who got rich)
Forty-niners
1845-1855
1862-1870
California
Merchants
How did westward expansion worsen sectional rivalries between the north and the south?
The south wanted more countries than north
They didn’t want to worsen the balance between slave and union states
They wanted more slave states to be made
The union didn’t allow slave states to enter anymore
What is trail 1?
Santa Fe trail
Oregon trail
California trail
Mormon trail
What is trail 2?
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
Mormon trail
What is trail 3?
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Mormon trail
California Trail
What is trail 4?
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe trail
Mormon trail
California Trail
