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WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
A guide who was first to lead settlers beyond the Appalachians; he cut a road west.
Meriwether Lewis
Daniel Boone
William Clark
Zebulon Pike
Mormon leader who chose Utah as the group's new home.
Zebulon Pike
Brigham Young
John C. Fremont
None of the above
The main route from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the early 1800's.
The Ohio River Trail
The Santa Fe Trail
The Oregon Trail
The Mississippi Trail
An area of land that is undeveloped.
boomtowns
cattle drives
frontier
none of these
When did the Lewis and Clark expedition begin its long journey into the Louisiana Territory?
1804
1806
1840
1842
Which of these was an effect of mining in the West?
The female population grew as women were recruited to run businesses.
The population increased greatly as people came hoping to get rich.
Large mining companies invested in safer mining equipment.
Large permanent cities developed around the mining camps.
The current state of Arizona is made up in part of the
Louisiana Territory
Original 13 colonies
Florida Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
The current state of Oregon is located in the
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Country
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
The current state of Florida is in the
Louisiana Territory
Original 13 colonies
Florida Purchase
1783 settlement (Treaty of Paris)
The current state of California is located in the
Louisiana Territory
Original 13 colonies
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
The current STATE of Washington is located in the
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Country
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
The current state of Iowa is located in the
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Country
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
The current state of Michigan is located in the
Louisiana Territory
1783 settlement (Treaty of Paris)
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
The current state of Nevada is located in the
Louisiana Territory
1783 settlement (Treaty of Paris)
Florida Purchase
Mexican Cession
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories in the west, including California and New Mexico?
A) Treaty of Paris
B) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
C) Treaty of Versailles
D) Treaty of Tordesillas
