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Our Nation Grows Part 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which act of congress allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west?

a)

Native American Act

b)

Federal

Act

c)

Indian Removal Act

d)

Settlers Act

2.

Worcester v. Georgia

a)

Stated that Georgia could force the Cherokee to move.

b)

Stated that Georgia did not have the right to force the Cherokee to leave their land.

c)

Gave Jackson the legal right to take land from the Civilized Tribes.

3.

Who were the only Native Americans to successfully resist their removal?

a)

Seminole

b)

Cherokee

c)

Chickasaw

d)

Chawktaw

4.

The Seminole lived in

a)

The Appalachian Mountains

b)

The Rocky Mountains

c)

The Everglades of Florida

d)

The Great Plains

5.

Who was the Seminole leader who went to war against the United States in an effort to keep his nation's land?

a)

Black Hawk

b)

Sequoya

c)

Red Snake

d)

Osceola

6.

Who along with federal troops led the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears?

a)

Jessie Grant

b)

Winfield Scott

c)

Oliver Hazzard Perry

d)

Andrew Jackson

7.

The first Americans to reach the Oregon country were

a)

Fur Trappers

b)

Farmers

c)

Traders

8.

Many emigrants to the Oregon country left in organized groups from

a)

Columbus, Ohio

b)

Indianapolis, Indiana

c)

Independence, Missouri

d)

New York City

9.

The main route through the Rockies was called the

a)

South Pass

b)

North Pass

c)

West Pass

d)

East Pass

10.

Great Britain and the United States resolved the Oregon issue by setting the boundary beteen them at the

a)

40 degress latitude

b)

54 degrees latitude

c)

60 degrees latitude

d)

49 degrees latitude

11.

The mountain men gathered at the ________ to trade and socialize.

a)

Creek

b)

North Pass

c)

rendezvous

d)

Whitman mission

12.

James K. Polk was a great believer in Manifest Destiny, his 1844 campaign slogan was ----------

a)

"Tippecanoe and Tyler too"

b)

"Polk to the rescue"

c)

"Fifty four forty or fight."

d)

"I like Ike"

13.

John Jacob Aster made his fortune in the ______ trade.

a)

Fur

b)

Iron

c)

Gold

d)

Banking

14.

Who was the commander at the Alamo"

a)

Stephen Tyler

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

William B. Travis

d)

Sam Houston

15.

Who was the Mexican General that attacked the Alamo, he later became the dictator of Mexico.

a)

General Antonio Lopes de Santa Anna

b)

Senor Juan de Fossa

c)

General Juan Bowie

d)

Samuel de Houston

16.

What did the fighters for Texas independence shout as a battle cry?

a)

Texas or Die

b)

Freedom or Death

c)

Join or Die

d)

Remember the Alamo

17.

Mexicans who claimed Texas as their home were called

a)

Texans

b)

Tejanos

c)

Mexicans

d)

Impresarios

18.

Which trail left the Missouri River near Independence and crossed the prairies to the Arkansas River?

a)

Independence Trail

b)

Arkansas Trail

c)

Missouri Trail

d)

Santa Fe Trail

19.

What did President James K. Polk use as grounds for declaring war against Mexico?

a)

annexation of Texas

b)

declaration of the border

c)

attack of Zachary Taylor's forces

d)

non-payment of debts

20.

The United States mainland reached its present size with the ___

a)

Gadsden Purchase

b)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

c)

capture of Veracruz

21.

The world's supply of gold was more than doubled by ..

a)

Levi Strauss

b)

boomtowns

c)

John Sutter

d)

The California Gold Rush

22.

Who Founded the Morman Church?

a)

Levi Strauss

b)

Brigham Young

c)

John Sutter

d)

Joseph Smith

23.

Who made the largest single migration in history?

a)

Mormans

b)

Gold Rush miners

c)

Gold Rush merchants

d)

forty-niners

24.

Vigilantes were

a)

groups that took the law into their own hands

b)

Gold miners

c)

Gold rush communities

d)

Groups of Morman settlers