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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Andrew Jackson used the army to force the Cherokee to move from their homes across the Mississippi River to Oklahoma on what is called __________________.
Trail of Betrayal
Trail of Tears
Trail of Pain
Trail of the Cherokee
What is the name of the law that moved the indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River to designated lands in the west?
Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act of 1850
Florida Purchase
Oregon Trail
What group of people decided to move west for religious reasons and settled in what is today Utah?
Quakers
Mormons
Catholics
Pilgrims
The Mexican Cession gave the United States________________________.
access to Pacific ports and the gold fields in California
the Port of New Orleans
the right to have slavery in every state
access to the Atlantic ports and South Carolina
Which event took place because Jefferson wanted to find out about the West?
Spanish mission were built in California
Lewis and Clark launched an expedition
Settlers pushed the frontier
Pioneers searched for land to settle
What was one of the economic opportunities for pioneers while traveling west?
fishing
electronics
cash crops
gold (mining)
Who located and explored the upper regions of the Mississippi River and made treaties with some Native Americans?
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Boone
Zebulon Pike
Hernando DeSoto
Forty-niners were people who ________________________________.
wanted to end slavery.
traveled the Oregon Trail.
went to California to search for gold.
supported the idea of states’ rights.
Which of the following statements best describes the idea of Manifest Destiny?
All American citizens should have the right to vote.
All American women should have the right to own property.
The United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What did Daniel Boone do to help settle the West?
He helped create the Wilderness Trail.
He explored the Mississippi River.
He traded goods with people in New Orleans.
He signed a peace treaty with the Cherokees and the Shawnees.
Which of the following was NOT found by Lewis and Clark?
new plants and animals
a path over the Rocky Mountains
a water route to the Pacific Ocean
What did the United States wish to buy from France when the Louisiana Purchase was made?
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Georgia
Missouri River
Which of the following BEST describes life along the Oregon Trail?
Peaceful journey to a new life
Long and difficult journey
Short but dangerous journey to freedom
How did people travel along the Oregon Trail?
by boat
by wagon train
by railroad
by canal
What Native American tribe took their case to the Supreme Court trying to save their native land?
Seminole
Cherokee
Navajo
Sioux
What was the difference between the Missouri Compromise and Kansas Nebraska Act?
The Kansas Nebraska Act supported slavery while the Missouri Compromise was against it.
The Missouri Compromise was concerned with slavery, the Kansas Nebraska Act was concerned with voting laws.
The Kansas Nebraska Act wanted to raise the tax, the Missouri Compromise wanted to lower it.
The Missouri Compromise established a line to separate slave/free states, the Kansas Nebraska Act allowed people to vote on slavery.
Which of the following is a reason people moved west?
to live in a large, crowded city
for the right to vote
to avoid taxes
for religious freedom
How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?
The Mississippi River belonged to the French.
The port at New Orleans was closed.
The size of the country doubled.
A route to the Pacific was discovered.
What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?
It doubled the size of the United States
It led to the War of 1812
It ended the American Revolution
It started the Civil War
