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Westward Expansion Unit 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the largest land purchase made by the United States?

a)

Mississippi Purchase

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Georgia

d)

American Indians

2.

What was the cotton gin?

a)

A machine that picked cotton

b)

A machine made it easier to grow cotton

c)

It made it easier to remove seeds from cotton

d)

It did nothing, it was no help at all

3.

During what War was the buring of the White House and Capital.

a)

Civil War

b)

War of 1812

c)

French & Indian War

d)

World War 1

4.

What did Frederick Douglass discuss with Abraham Lincoln

a)

Civil Rights

b)

The War of 1812

c)

His education

d)

Worker rights

5.

The American Indians were moved to the reservations because...

a)

They were seeking education

b)

They were looking for Gold

c)

They wanted to discover the new land

d)

Their homelands were taken from them

6.

Mrs. Arp, the owner of a shop, gave Davis a bucket and Davis gave her gold. Davis was now able to dig for gold. What was this called...

a)

Shopping

b)

Voluntary exchange

c)

Gold Digging

7.

"God-given right and duty” to spread from the east coast to west coast

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

1812

d)

Declaration of Liberty

8.

The increase in steel was due to what technological advancement

a)

telegraphs

b)

steamboats

c)

railroads

d)

cotton gin

9.

What was Harriett Tubman's nickname?

a)

Noah

b)

Conductor

c)

Abraham

d)

Moses

10.

Which technological advancement made travel on land more reliable?

a)

Steam Boat

b)

Steam Locomotive

c)

Cotton Gin

d)

The Telegraph

11.

The south pass led through the Rocky Mountains

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Trial of Tears

c)

The Great Pass

12.

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Harriett Tubman

c)

Francis Scott Key

d)

George Custer

13.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

4 lines
14.

An American abolitionist and women's right activist. She gave speeches to encourage people to join their cause. She was a former slave and told about her life.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Moses

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Frederick Douglass

15.

The Battle of Little Big Horn was know as.....

a)

The start of the war

b)

Civil War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Custer's Last Stand

16.

This invention made communication faster?

a)

Cell phone

b)

Telephone

c)

Computer

d)

Telegraph

17.

The Trail of Tears was...

a)

the trail used to get to the gold

b)

when the Indians were forced off their land

c)

the longest march ever

d)

the last time it was used

18.

In 1848 and 1849 the settlers moved west because....

a)

of the Indians

b)

Gold being found in California

c)

the discovery of gold in Georgia

d)

a major road opened in Oregon

19.

Which one of these is NOT true about Sojourner Truth?

a)

she was a former slave

b)

she was an active member of the Underground Railroad

c)

she was a public speaker

d)

she was concerned with the welfare of African American women

20.

Who was a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Abe Lincoln