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Unit 3 Expanding a Nation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term refers to the belief that the United States had a duty to spread democracy across the continent?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Great Awakening

2.

Which description of the Trail of Tears is accurate?

a)

the forced migration of Cherokees to western lands

b)

the passage of Irish immigrants back to Ireland

c)

the journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas

d)

the requirement that freed slaves move to Africa

3.

Which American religious leader said he was led by an angel to find the Book of Mormon engraved on golden plates?

a)

Cotton Mather

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Henry David Thoreau

d)

Joseph Smith

4.

Which group made up the largest percentage of California's population in 1840?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Chinese immigrants

c)

runaway slaves

d)

Mexican rancheros

5.

Who brought the first American settlers into the Mexican territory known as Texas in 1821?

a)

Joseph Smith

b)

James Polk

c)

John Tyler

d)

Stephen Austin

6.

Which was the goal of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

a)

to move Indian tribes west so white settlers could take their land

b)

to move Indian tribes off the Great Plains to protect buffalo herds

c)

to move Indian tribes to Canada so they could hunt freely

d)

to move Indian tribes to reservations in Florida and Georgia

7.

Which summarizes the outcome of the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia?

a)

The Cherokee won their case but lost their land to white settlers.

b)

Georgia won its case, but the Cherokee remained on their land.

c)

President Andrew Jackson complied with the decision of Chief Justice John Marshall.

d)

Chief Justice John Marshall impeached President Andrew Jackson for contempt.

8.

Which was not a reason that people left their homelands and migrated to the United States in the mid-1800s?

a)

Crop failures in Ireland put hundreds of thousands in danger of starvation.

b)

The United States offered more economic opportunity than any other country.

c)

Political upheaval in Germany caused people to seek freedom elsewhere.

d)

Immigrants knew they would be accepted without discrimination in America.

9.

Which was a major argument in favor of the Mexican War in 1846?

a)

Americans who believed in Manifest Destiny wanted to spread the American way of life.

b)

Mexican forces had crossed the California border and killed hundreds of American civilians.

c)

Mexico claimed U.S. territory in Oregon and years of talks did not settle the issue.

d)

Northern abolitionists supported the war because Mexico had refused to outlaw slavery.

10.

Which American politician enthusiastically supported going to war against Mexico?

a)

James Polk

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Henry Clay

11.

Which describes a result of California's rapid population growth during the mid-1800s?

a)

California became the first state on the West Coast.

b)

California put strict limits on future immigration.

c)

California annexed land from other western territories.

d)

California's growth slowed as jobs became hard to find.

12.

Which term refers to a fast, graceful sailing vessel of American design that cut travel time between the East Coast and California?

a)

clipper ship

b)

blockade runner

c)

frigate

d)

scow

13.

Which new form of communication put the Pony Express out of business after just 18 months of operation?

a)

telegraph

b)

telephone

c)

signal flags

d)

carrier pigeons

14.

Which product that businessman Levi Strauss sold to thousands of California gold miners made him a wealthy man?

a)

denim pants

b)

carbide lamps

c)

steel pickaxes

d)

leather boots

15.

Which was not a reason people moved west in the mid-1800s?

a)

to obtain free land

b)

to prospect for gold

c)

to establish cattle ranches

d)

to start cotton plantations