WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Westward Expansion involved going.....
towards Japan
towards California
towards Florida
towards Massachusetts
The _____________________ purchase happened in 1803 and almost doubled US land.
Texas
Louie
Louisiana
Texmex
Manifest Destiny was the belief that _________________ in North America.
Americans deserved all the land
Americans deserved all the money
Americans deserved all the rights
Americans deserved all the crops
The Gold Rush began in __________.
1649
1749
1849
1949
The Gold Rush began because gold was discovered in ________.
Texas
Colorado
Washington
California
People moved ______________ to find gold.
North
East
South
West
Boom Towns are __________. Examples include San Francisco
Busy, full of insects and crops
Empty, no insects or crops
Busy, full of people
Empty, no people
A ______________ was a town depleted of gold and silver so miners would move on.
Gross Town
49er Town
Boom Town
Ghost Town
Working on a mine was ____________ work.
easy
hard
tedious
shy
People who traveled West created our ____________ populations today in California.
Native American
Similar
Diverse
African American
Exodusters were _____________ who traveled West.
Native Americans
Irish
African Americans
Scottish
Pick the main reason we traveled West:
To click Mount Rushmore
To discover gold
Pick the main reason we traveled West:
To build a railroad
To establish coastal towns
Pick the main reason we traveled West:
For Manifest Destiny
For Jim Crowe laws
The _____________ Act allowed you to apply for a land application. After working the land for 5 years it belonged to you.
Homestead
Homeowner
Home
Free Labor
____________ were a group of people who experienced a financial crisis during West Ward expansion.
Miners
Merchants
Farmers
Journalists
The _______________ was an event supported by Andrew Jackson that led to the relocation of thousands of individuals.
Trial of Walking
The Long Walk
Trial of Tears
The Long Journey
The relocation led to the deaths of many _______________________.
Colonists
Soldiers
Native Americans
African Americans
Who supported the Trial of Tears?
President Andrew Jackson
President Donald Trump
President John F. Kennedy
President Truman
Native Americans were forced to relocate onto ______________.
Homesteads
Internment Camps
Reservations
Ravines
