WorksheetsSocial Quiz 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why did the Americans desire to expand West?
A) To take advantage of the Native Americans living there
B) To find gold and natural resources
C) To find the Northwest Passage
D) To prevent the French from trading with Native Americans
Farmers in the American Western frontier relied on which of the following to transport their goods?
A) The Mississippi River
B) America’s Highways
C) Trade Companies
D) Roads and Covered Wagons
Which revolution ended Napoleon’s goals of having an American Empire?
A) American Revolution
B) Haitian Revolution
C) Cuban Revolution
D) Mexican Revolution
Why did Napoleon decide to sell the Louisiana Territory?
A) Needed money to build the Palace of Versailles
B) Needed money to fund his wars of conquest in Europe
C) He didn’t want to fight the British in Europe and North America
D) He wanted to help his American allies expand
True or False: President Jefferson had no authority to buy the Louisiana Territory.
A) True
B) False
What was significant about the Louisiana Purchase?
A) It gave control of the Ohio River to the US
B) It gave control of the Mississippi River and New Orleans to the US
C) It allowed the US to control the Northwest Passage
D) It led to the US Civil War
What is the Northwest Passage?
A) An overland route to Alaska
B) The all water route to India
C) The land route connecting Alaska to Asia
D) an all water route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
What was one goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
A) To explore strange new lands
B) To seek new life and new civilizations
C) To boldly go where no one has gone before
D) To study the geography and wildlife of the territory and document it
Who helped Lewis and Clark on their journey?
A) Pocahontas
B) Squanto
C) Sacajawea
What is a ridge that separates river systems flowing towards opposite sides of a continent?
A) The Prime Meridian
B) The equator
C) Continental Drift
D) Continental Divide
What was the name of the British policy of forcing people into military service?
A) Impressment
B) Shanghai
C) Slavery
D) Involuntary Servitude
What did the Non-Intercourse Act allow the United States to do?
A) Trade with only Britain and France
B) Trade with France only
C) Trade with all nations EXCEPT Britain and France
D) Forbid trade with everyone except Native Americans
What is a Confederation?
A) An alliance with separate military goals
B) An alliance with a shared economic policy
C) an alliance with a shared military command
D) The Southern American States who wanted to defend slavery
What were the 3 goals of Lewis and Clark?
To find a water route that linked the Atlantic and Pacific
Document wildlife
Create a friendship with Native Americans
All of the Above
What was President Jefferson’s foreign policy centered on?
Trading with Britain
Neutrality / Protecting US merchant ships
Having a Treaty with the French
Making an alliance with Britain
What are at least 3 causes of the War of 1812?
British encouraged Natives to attack white settlers
British supplied Native Americans with guns
All the Choices
British attacking merchant ships / Impressment
Why was Britain unable to send soldiers to fight the United States in the early years of the war?
They were drinking Soup
Having a battle somewhere else
Britain was busy fighting Napoleon
Building forts for defense
Why did the British burn Washington D.C.?
Because they felt like it
They hated that one spot specifically
To form another treaty
Revenge for burning British cities in Canada
What was significant about the Treaty of Ghent?
It was significant because it stopped the war
Treaty did nothing to end disputes between US and Britain
It help both sides to bond as friends
It gave people free food
What did the US and Britain agree to in the Treaty of Ghent.
Be friends
Act in peace
To return to pre-war conditions
Fight right at the spot
