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Westward Expansion SG

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

Idea that America had to abolish slavery in 1802

b)

America’s right to led Indigenous people off their land in 1855

c)

America’s mission to expand west to the Pacific Ocean during in the 1800’s

2.

What were the goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

a)

Andrew Jackson’s idea to send the Corps of Discovery to discover trade routes in the north in 1808

b)

Thomas Jefferson told the Corps of Discovery to expand west because there may be resources in 1802

c)

Lewis told Clark to expand south for new indigenous tribes in 1815

3.

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Land bought from Napoleon in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson

b)

Land bought by England in 1815 by Andrew Jackson

c)

Land bought from South America in 1867 by Thomas Jefferson

4.

What was the Texas Annexation?

a)

Texas being admitted as England territory in 1899

b)

An annexation that caused the Mexican-American war which led to conflict

c)

Texas being admitted as a U.S. state. That wasn’t admitted earlier bc of slave and union conflict.

d)

Texas being admitted as a single republic because the U.S didn’t want another state because of indigenous people.

5.

What was the Mexican Cession?

a)

Texas being admitted as a U.S state that wasnt submitted earlier because of the slave and union states

b)

Land bought from Napoleon in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson

c)

Lands Mexico ceded after the Mexican American war in 1848

6.

What was the Oregon Trail?

a)

A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850

b)

A trail used to travel from Illinois to Utah in 1846

c)

A route that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, NM in 1821

d)

A trail that went from western Missouri to Northern California in 1841-69

7.

What was the Mormon trail?

a)

A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850

b)

A trail used to travel from Illinois to Utah in 1846

c)

A route that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1821.

d)

The California trail went from western Missouri across the great plains into the Rocky mountains to northern California. 1841-69

8.

What was the Santa Fe trail?

a)

A route that connected Missouri with Santa Fe NM in 1821

b)

A trail that connected western Missouri to northern California in 1841-69

c)

A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850

9.

What was the California Trail?

a)

A route that connect in Missouri with Santa Fe New Mexico and 1821

b)

A trail that was traveled on from Missouri to Oregon in 1850

c)

A trail that was used to travel on from Illinois to Utah in 1846

d)

And trail that traveled from Western Missouri to Northern California in 1841 through 1869

10.

What hardships did emigrants face on the Oregon trail?

(a)  

11.

Which president signed the Indian removal act?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

John Adams

d)

Abraham Lincoln

12.

What was the purpose of the Indian removal act?

a)

The president‘s power to force native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi river

b)

An act that caused Indians to move north due to the Americans coming

c)

Thomas Jefferson forced native American tribes to move west

13.

What was the Battle of Gonzalez?

a)

Part of the “remember the Alamo” battle cry. Which had no survivors and resulted in a loss

b)

The first battle of the Texas revolution that resulted in a win

c)

The battle that gained Texas’s independence because of America victory

14.

What was the battle of Alamo?

a)

The battle that gained Texas’s independence because of America’s victory

b)

The battle that caused the “remember the Alamo” battle cry which had no survivors and resulted in an American loss

c)

The first battle of the Texas revolution that resulted in an American victory

15.

What was the battle of San Jacinto?

a)

The battle that caused the “remember the Alamo” battle cry, which had no survivors and resulted in an American loss

b)

The battle that gained Texas is independence because of America‘s final victory

c)

The first battle of the Texas Revolution that resulted in a victory

16.

What was a cause of the Mexican-American war?

a)

The annexation of Texas in 1845

b)

A battle that resulted in American victory

c)

The movement of many people moving west

17.

What were the effects of the Mexican-American war?

a)

The Texas annexation in 1845

b)

The U.S. gained independence

c)

Mexico was damaged and economically ruined

18.

What was the California gold rush? (When, where, who got rich)

a)

Forty-niners

b)

1845-1855

c)

1862-1870

d)

California

e)

Merchants

19.

How did westward expansion worsen sectional rivalries between the north and the south?

a)

The south wanted more countries than north

b)

They didn’t want to worsen the balance between slave and union states

c)

They wanted more slave states to be made

d)

The union didn’t allow slave states to enter anymore

20.

What is trail 1?

a)

Santa Fe trail

b)

Oregon trail

c)

California trail

d)

Mormon trail

21.

What is trail 2?

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Santa Fe Trail

c)

California Trail

d)

Mormon trail

22.

What is trail 3?

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Santa Fe Trail

c)

Mormon trail

d)

California Trail

23.

What is trail 4?

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Santa Fe trail

c)

Mormon trail

d)

California Trail