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WorksheetsWestward Expansion & Industrial Revolution Unit Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins
All of the following were considered challenges faced by Irish immigrants to the United States, EXCEPT:
Worked in U.S. factories for lower wages
Lived in crowded housing in cities
Faced discrimination
Finding jobs
Most Irish immigrants came to the United States for what reason:
Escaped the potato famine in home country
To work in gold mines
To serve in the U.S. military
To work the cotton plantations in the South.
How did the invention of railroads impact the development of the United States?
It caused little change because no one used them.
It made prices of goods increase in order to pay for more rail lines.
It made shipping products to markets easier and prices decreased.
It forced people to spend a lot of money to travel.
The belief that the U.S. had the divine right to own all the land between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Manifest Destiny
Corp of Discovery
Northwest Ordinance
Common Sense
Which of the following are true about Manifest Destiny? (TWO CORRECT)
The U.S. gained land many different ways and continued to expand out west.
As Americans continued to move west, more states were created, and the United States grew in size.
Slavery Expanded into the west
American stopped migrating west.
During the Industrial Revolution, most immigrants came to the United States to -
Face discromination
improve their lives
work for lower wages
to continue north into Canada
What happened to natives as more people moved west to settle on the frontier?
They were required to serve in the military
They were forced onto reservations
They moved into cities
They were made to work in factories.
What effect did mass production have on the United States?
prices of goods to increase
economy to go into a depression
economy had to rely more on farming
allowed for a quicker way to produce more items
prices of goods to decrease
What motivated MOST settlers to move out west?
Factory jobs
Cheap fertile land
Adventure
Protection from natives
The painting "American Progress" best represents which era in American history?
The gold rush
Westward Expansion
Immigration to America
the Louisiana Purchase
What was the reason for the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To locate new American Indian tribes
To explore the Louisiana Territory
To find a trade route in the west
To purchase more land from other countries
What was one effect of the Louisiana Purchase on the United States?
A water route to the Pacific Ocean was discovered
The size of the US doubled
The port of New Orleans was closed
The Mississippi River was controlled by France
This President purchased the Louisiana Territory ---
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Monroe
What claim is supported by the excerpt?
The West relied on the North to support the people living there.
The North and South developed different economies.
The South was forced to grow cotton by the North.
The North tried to prevent immigrants from settling in cities.
Determine which part of the excerpt explains why Francis Scott Key wrote the “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Textbox 1
Textbox 2
Textbox 3
Textbox 4
Which of the following are considered causes of the War of 1812? (Choose all that apply)
Impressment of American sailors by the British Navy
USS Chesapeake incident.
Battle of New Orleans
England gave weapons to Natives to fight against the U.S.
British Invasion of United States
Which of the following are considered to be effects of the War of 1812? (Choose all that apply)
Britain gained control of Northwest Territory
U.S. manufacturing increased and the economy boomed
American gained more respect from foreign nations
Americans developed a strong sense of national pride and patriotism.
U.S. lost control of the Port of New Orleans.
Which of the following impacted the size of the United States the most?
War of 1812
Louisiana Purchase
Treaty of Ghent
Industrial Revolution
Which event encouraged Americans to move further west?
Lewis and Clark Expedition
War of 1812
Star Spangled Banner
Industrial Revolution
Who helped Lewis and Clark with their exploration and helped them with native translation?
Pocahontas
George Washington
A great Indian chief name Lone Wolf
Sacagawea
What is the pony express?
A form of racing the settlers had because they were bored
An intense sport
A pony ride for young children
A system using horseback to deliver messages
Who did Jefferson (United States) buy land from? (Hint: Louisiana Purchase)
Napoleon (France)
Yoon Suk Yeol (Korea)
Lone Wolf (Native American)
None of these
What created a "blueprint" or rules for admitting new territories into the United States after the Revolutionary War?
Northwest Ordinance
Proclamation of 1763
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
What is the title of the painting shown here?
“American Progress”
“Yankee Doodle”
“America the Beautiful”
“Sea to Shining Sea”
Who was President of the United States when the War of 1812 began?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
As a part of the simulation, all of the following were supplies needed and purchased before the trip to the Oregon Trail could begin, EXCEPT:
Oxen
Food
Ammunition
Extra clothes
All of the items were required.
Roughly, how long did it take to complete the 2000 miles trip on the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Territory?
3 months
6 months
one year
3 years
All of the following were hardships pioneers faced traveling on the Oregon Trail, EXCEPT:
Indian attacks
Thieves/Bandits
Crossing Flooded Rivers
Poisonous Berries
Which of the following are considered an effect to the invention by Eli Whitney (check all that apply)
Demand for cotton decreased
The demand for slaves in the US increased
Price of cotton decreased
Cities and urban population grew in the South
Which of the following were inventions that advanced the Industrial Revolution in the United States in the 1800s?
Airplanes
Steam engine
Wagons
Iron pick
What was discovered or invented in 1849, in California, that influenced many people to move to the west?
Railroads
Gold
Oil
Cotton Gin
Industrial Revolution in the United States caused the development of which of the following?
Sectionalism
Slavery
Manifest Destiny
Patriotism
What did the invention of the telegraph allow people to do for the first time?
send a message almost instantly from a great distance
hear someone's voice who is standing many miles away
send a message across the country in a week's time
see an object clearly that is many miles in the distance
President Jefferson sent ______________ to explore the land west of the Mississippi River in order to bring back information to help people wanting to move west
Andrew Jackson
Lewis and Clark
Pocahontas
Dora the Explorer
The philosophy justified Westward Expansion in which it was thought that Americans had the God-given right to acquire and develop land was known as
Manifest Destiny
Westward We Go
Jefferson's Folly
Jackson Expansion
What song was inspired by the events of the War of 1812?
The Stars and Stripes Forever
America the Beautiful
My Country Tis of Thee
The Star Spangled Banner
What was the name of the capitol city that the British destroyed in the War of 1812?
Philadelphia, PA
The table below describes the challenges, contribution, and opportunities of the
Chinese
Natives
Irish
Mormons
Which of the events below were apart of satisfying the goals of Manifest Destiny? Check all that Apply.
President James K. Polk
Annexation treaty with Great Britain for the Oreegon Territory.
Aquiring Florida from Spain in 1819
Purchasing the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803.
As more people moved west to settle on the frontier, Natives were -
required to serve in the military
forced onto reservations
moved into cities
made to work in factories
How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
New products were all made by hand.
Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods.
New products were made quickly and less expensive to consumers
Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor.
Americans living west of Applachian Moountains and around the Great Lakes were in an area called the Northwest Territory. A law called the (a) was ratified by Congress outlining the qualifications for U.S. territories wanting to apply for statehood. It stated that once a territory had (b) people living in it, then the territory could
apply to become a new state. Also, a part of the law was that (c) was prohibited. in any new state applying.
What was the biggest motivation for people to risk everything to move out West?
Factory jobs
Adventure
Ease of travel
Cheap, fertile land
Reorder the following westward expansion events in the correct order from 1 the earliest or happened first to 5 the latest or last to happen.
Northwest Ordinance passed
Louisiana Purchase
Annexation of Texas into the United States
Gold discovered in California
Gadsden Purchase
