WorksheetsWestward Expansion_1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who was the leader of France that sold Louisiana to the United States?
Marquis de Lafayette
Maximilien Robespierre
Marie Antoinette
Napoléon Bonaparte
What is Manifest Destiny
The idea that America was destined to gain freedom from England
The idea that Americans have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
The idea that America is destined to expand from the East Coast to the West Coast
All of the above
How did the Forty-niners typically travel to California?
By airplane
By horse or wagon across the Oregon Trail
By sailing around the tip of South America
By walking the entire distance
What name was given to the group of people who came to California in 1849 to search for gold?
Prospectors
Boomtown residents
Forty-niners
Gold hunters
What term was used to describe the towns that offered everything a miner would need while searching for gold?
Gold towns
Rich towns
Boomtowns
Mining camps
Explain what events happened to cause the Gold Rush in 1848-1855.
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill
The invention of the steam engine
The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The start of the Industrial Revolution
Who did Jefferson send to negotiate with France for the purchase of New Orleans?
Lewis and Clark
Monroe and Livingston
Washington and Lincoln
Napoleon and Bonaparte
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for _______ million dollars.
10
12
15
100
What port city did Jefferson send James Monroe and Livingston to purchase?
Houston
Boston
New York
New Orleans
What is a treaty?
A type of map used for navigation
A written agreement between two or more countries
A friendly conversation between two people
A law passed by a country's government
What country controlled the port of New Orleans at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?
France
Spain
Mexico
Great Britian
Why was Napoleon Bonaparte willing to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
He was fighting a war with Great Britian.
He needed money to strengthen his army.
He decided to focus on getting land in Europe.
All of the above.
Which of the following was NOT a state that was created from the land bought during the Louisiana Purchase?
South Dakota
Wyoming
Arkansas
Florida
How long did it take the settlers to travel across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains?
1-2 months
2-3 months
3-4 months
4-5 months
In the painting, "American Progress", which mode of transportation was used to travel west?
Covered wagon
Railroad
Boat
All of the above
