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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following was NOT a motivation for Westward Expansion?
A desire to provide a better life for indigenous people
Manifest Destiny
The Gold Rush
Land opportunities
Manifest Destiny can best be described as the belief that:
It was ordained by god that Napoleon would sell the U.S. the Louisiana Territory
The U.S. was fated to control the lands east of the Mississippi
It was fate that the U.S. would settle the rest of the country
It was the destiny of indigenous people to live in the western lands
Settlers living and working on land for five years before it became their personal property is describing the:
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Morrill Act
Louisiana Purchase
Believing that people should identify themselves as more apart of their region or state is:
A Nationalist approach
A Sectionalist approach
Active, even violent resistance to the plight of slavery could be best seen through
The Indian Wars
The Nat Turner Rebellion
William Lloyd Garrison's civil disobedience approach
Northern anti-slavery ideals
Which of the following best describes one of the main outcomes of the Gold Rush
Common people became extremely wealthy in large numbers
The Gold Rush utterly failed and left no lasting legacy
Instead of gold, people found oil in the mines
Major mining companies dominated the gold industry
What happened with the cattle boom during Westward Expansion?
It never really took off and remained a small industry, despite many efforts
The cattle industry took a while to grow, but eventually exploded with long lasting staying power
The cattle industry grew quickly due to the railroads, and fell nearly as quick due to oversaturation
There was no cattle boom during Westward Expansion
Which of the following is NOT apart of the "myths" of the Wild West?
Freedom from societies laws and expectations
Endless opportunities for fortune and a fresh start
Open range and beautiful nature
It was as place full of bustling cities
Assimilation is associated with:
A justification for the "Indian Wars"
The creation of reservations for Native Americans
Attempts to often forcibly reeducate indigenous people in "America" culture
The Antislavery and Abolitionist movement
Which of the following was NOT one of the impacts of the railroad industry?
A bigger focus on Sectionalist ideas in the U.S.
A more unified country
Easier travel and transportation of goods
A mega industry that owned most land out West
The experience of farmers out West was generally:
An easy way to get rich quick
Challenging conditions, unfair practices by landowners, and debt for an opportunity for land
Enjoyable with easy land to cultivate
There were very few farmers out West
Populism appealed to farmers because:
It was a major pro-immigrant platform
It really helped the wealthy industrialists
It promised sweeping change to institute fairness against big companies and a chance to pay off debts
It's goal was to appeal to a small group and to build up the wealth of the few
Having a moral/ethical belief that slavery was wrong but not necessarily taking radical action best describes:
An anti-slavery approach
A pro-slavery approach
An abolitionist approach
A populist approach
Believing that slavery was morally wrong and radical change was needed to end it, including offering forever enslaved equal freedoms is:
An anti-slavery approach
A pro-slavery approach
A populist approach
An abolitionist approach
Which of the following did the cotton gin NOT lead to?
An INCREASE of slavery to accommodate greater cotton demand in the North
An expansion of the Northern industrial textile industry during the Market Revolution
A significant DESCREASE of slavery as the machinery fulfilled the roles
An INCREASE of slavery to accommodate greater cotton demand overseas
