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Unit 8: Westward Expansion

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term means to add a territory to a country?

a)

diplomacy

b)

manifest destiny

c)

annex

d)

missionary

2.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War and led to

a)

Mexico gaining land from the United States

b)

United States gaining land from Mexico

3.

Which European country had the most cultural influence over states like Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Germany

4.

Which one of the following religious groups had their own trail west to escape religious persecution?

a)

Mormons

b)

Catholics

c)

Baptists

d)

Lutherans

5.

In 1846, the blue area was acquired by President Polk after negotiations with who?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Great Britain

6.

U.S.-Mexican War broke out in 1845 after the United States admitted which of the states below?

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

Arizona

d)

New Mexico

7.

Which one of the descriptions below do BOTH Texas and California share?

a)

Admitted to the Union in 1845

b)

Slave states

c)

Formerly Parts of Mexico

d)

Attracted settlers with prospect of finding gold

8.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War and ceded to the United States all of the following future states EXCEPT for...

a)

Oregon

b)

California

c)

Nevada

d)

Arizona

9.

What is the art of negotiating with other countries?

a)

democracy

b)

diplomacy

c)

territory

d)

treaty

10.
_______ is the idea that God wanted America to have land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
Providence
b)
The Spoils System
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Destiny of the USA
11.
Which of the following was when Mexico gave its provinces of California and New Mexico up to the United States?
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Mexican Cession
d)
None of the above
12.

The Oregon Trail started in Independence, _______and ended in the Oregon Territory

a)

Missouri

b)

Mississippi

c)

Montana

d)

Michigan

13.

The largest obstacle on the way to Oregon was the

a)

Indians

b)

deserts

c)

mountains

d)

buffalo

14.

This is a region of land designated by congress and organized under a governor.

a)

territory

b)

treaty

c)

country

d)

state

15.

These are Spanish speaking people who lived in California

a)

Tejanos

b)

Mexicans

c)

Rancho

d)

Californios

16.

An area of land in California given by the Mexican Government for agriculture or farming use.

a)

Californios

b)

rancho

c)

territory

d)

annex

17.

What is one way American did NOT acquire new land?

a)

inheritance

b)

war

c)

treaty

d)

annexation

18.
Why was the port of New Orleans so important?
a)
It was the best place to go fishing
b)
It was a party town
c)
It was the Catholic headquaters
d)
It was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river
19.
Who sold the Louisiana territory to the US?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Britian
d)
Portugal
20.
What doubled the size of the US?
a)
Mexico
b)
Canada Purchase
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
California Purchase
21.

People:

Who was the ruler of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

King Louis XIV

b)

Charles de Gaulle

c)

Robespierre

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

22.

How did the United States acquire the land indicated by the number 1?

a)

annexation

b)

purchase

c)

war

d)

inheritance

23.

Someone who travels to unclaimed territory to settle.

a)

Pioneer

b)

Anglo American

c)

Tejano

d)

Empresario

24.

A person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home.

a)

Tejano

b)

Anglo American

c)

Empresario

d)

Pioneer

25.

Why did Pioneers choose to travel to Oregon?

a)

To get away from their neighbors

b)

People were paid to go

c)

Land was available for farming

d)

religious freedom

26.
Whose election pushed forward the Annexation of Texas?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
John Tyler
c)
James K. Polk
d)
William Henry Harrison
27.
Who was ordered to lead an army into the Nueces Strip?
a)
Zachary Taylor
b)
Winfield Scott
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Robert E. Lee
28.
The granting of land from one country to another is called
a)
cession
b)
permanent school fund
c)
veto
d)
annexation
29.
Texas joined the United States through a process called
a)
expedition
b)
veto
c)
annexation
d)
joint resolution
30.

Brigham Young was a leader of the ______________.

a)

gold rush

b)

Mormons

c)

missionaries

d)

mountain men

31.
Which of these was NOT a cause for the Mexican American War
a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Texas/Mexico Border
d)
Personal grudge held by President Polk
32.
What war allowed the U.S to acquire new western land including present day New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah?
a)
War of 1850
b)
WW2
c)
Mexican American War
d)
Cold War
33.
What event directly caused the Mexican- American War?
a)
Illegal Immigration
b)
The annexation of Texas
c)
Embargos
d)
Border disputes
34.
What did the Texans refer themselves to after breaking free from Mexico?
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Lone Star Republic
c)
Union of Texas
d)
Republic of New Mexico
35.
What deal allowed the U.S to aquire 30,000 square miles including Arizona and New Mexico?
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Western Territories compromise 
c)
Louisiana purchase
d)
Texas expansion of 1850
36.

What was the providential plan and James K. Polk's mandate to expand our country called?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Era of Good Feelings

c)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

d)

America First Plan

37.

Which Shoshone Indian joined the group as a guide and interpreter?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Nantucket

c)

Black Kettle

d)

Sacagawea

38.
Which of Sacagawea's skills was the main reason she was asked to join the Corps of Discovery?
a)
Her knowledge of the landscape within tribal lands
b)
Her experience making medicines out of indigenous plants
c)
Her strong swimming skills
d)
Her ability to speak the Shoshoni language
39.
What were the people who searched for gold called?
a)
Gold diggers
b)
49ers
c)
Crazy
d)
76ers
40.

Mexican and Chinese miners worked hard and found a lot of gold, but they also faced discrimination. What is discrimination?

a)

unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristic

b)

given fair treatment

c)

when others help each other out

d)

treating others like you want to be treated

41.

What was a major effect of the California Gold Rush

a)

So many people moved to California, it became a state.

b)

We went to war with Mexico.

c)

California fought to become a free state.

d)

People moved away from California.

42.

Mountain men were...

a)

Farmers

b)

Fur trappers

c)

Miners

d)

Soldiers

43.

For most emigrants, what state was the starting point of the Oregon Trail?

a)

Texas

b)

Missouri

c)

Illinois

d)

Iowa

44.

Who really blazed the Oregon trail?

a)

merchants

b)

trappers

c)

missionaries

d)

trappers

45.

Pioneers had to pack all the supplies they would need on their journey since there weren't many opportunities to purchase items. What was the most important item that pioneers had to have for success and survival on the trail?

a)

flour

b)

riffles and ammunition

c)

a covered wagon

d)

pots and pans

46.
Which group of people were persecuted, or badly treated, by their neighbors in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, and then decided to move to Utah?
a)
Mormon pioneers
b)
Goshute Native Americans
c)
Pioneers headed to Oregon
d)
The Donner-Reed party
47.
Why were Mormons going on the Mormon Trail?
a)
They were being persecuted 
b)
People wanted their lands 
c)
Natives didn't want them on their land 
d)
All of the above
48.

What was the greatest challenge to pioneers traveling west to Oregon?

a)

Native Americans

b)

The Rocky Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

The Great Plains

49.

Who were the forty-niners?

a)

ghost

b)

football team

c)

toy story

d)

Gold seeking migrants

50.
What were the people who searched for gold called?
a)
Gold diggers
b)
49ers
c)
Crazy
d)
76ers

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