WorksheetsChapter 4 Lesson 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who were the two explorers from France who led an expedition into the Midwest region of the United States in 1673?
Marco Polo and Vasco da Gama
John Smith and Pocahontas
Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Where did Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet start their exploration in 1673?
Lake Ontario
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Which explorer settled in what is now Illinois and founded the city of Chicago?
Jacques Marquette
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable
Tecumseh
Louis Jolliet
Who led the US in the Battle of Little Bighorn and was defeated by the Native Americans
General George Custer
General Eisenhower
General George Washington
General Abraham Lincoln
Who led an expedition through the Louisiana Territory after the United States bought it from France in 1803?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable
Lewis and Louis
Which woman served as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacagawea
Pocahontas
Squanto
Amelia Earhart
What act passed in 1862 allowed the head of a family to claim 160 acres of land on the Great Plains for a small fee?
Treaty of Greenville
Louisiana Purchase
Northwest Ordinance
Homestead Act
Who invented the steel plow in 1837, which made it easier to plow the tough soil of the Great Plains?
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Thomas Edison
In 1851 Congress passed a law that created what?
More land for everyone
Pizza shops
Reservations
Bill of Rights
Which battle in 1876 saw General George Custer and his troops defeated by Native Americans in the Midwest?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Wounded Knee
Battle of Little Bighorn
What did the arrival of the railroad in the Midwest lead to, causing a decrease in the buffalo population?
Natural disasters
Farming practices
Hunting for food and sport
Climate change
Which Native American leader tried to unite tribes against settlers claiming their lands and fought in the War of 1812?
Geronimo
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Tecumseh
What did the Treaty of Fort Laramie promise to the Lakota in South Dakota's Black Hills?
Land
Oil
Gold
Buffalo
The War of 1812 started because of what reason?
British blocked trading with the French.
The French trapped too many Beavers.
The British blocked trading with the Americans
The French and The British fought over Native Americans.
Tecumseh was the leader of the Shawnee, but what was his brother called?
Religious Guy
Tecumseh
The Prophet
Savior
The Northwest Ordinance allowed settlers to take land from Native Americans without their Permission.
True
False
America won the war of 1812 against Britain.
True
False
What was the point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Find valuable resources.
Find a path to the Pacific Ocean.
Become friends with the Native American Tribes.
Take a relaxing Hike through the mountains.
The land west of the Mississippi River offered new opportunities. Many pioneers headed west on wagon trails, including the Oregon Trail. Pioneers had to decide whether to settle on the Great Plains or continue farther west. At first, most of the pioneers traveled farther. When gold was discovered in California in 1848, even more people went to the West.
To encourage settlement on the Great Plains, the United States government passed the Homestead Act in 1862. The act allowed the head of a family to claim 160 acres of land on the Great Plains for a small fee. After farming the land for five years, the family could buy the land for another small fee.
What event attracted more people to the West in 1848?
The discovery of oil in Texas
The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The construction of the transcontinental railroad
The discovery of gold in California
What was one of the main wagon trails used by pioneers heading west?
Santa Fe Trail
California Trail
Oregon Trail
Lewis and Clark Trail
