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WorksheetsWestward Expansion Unit Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
The idea that the US should stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
A U.S. state in which the practice of slavery was legal.
Slave State
Free State
A U.S. state in which the practice of slavery was illegal and prohibited.
Free State
Slave State
The vast region in the Pacific Northwest, contested between the United States and Britain, settled by the Oregon Trail pioneers.
People came to California looking to find gold in 1849, increasing the population of the territory.
The purchase of parts of Arizona and New Mexico from the country of Mexico.
The conflict in the early 1830s where Texan settlers sought independence from Mexican rule, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Texas.
Land acquired by the United States from Mexico after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
The armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, resulting from disputes over the annexation of Texas and ending in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
According to the map, people of the Mormon faith migrated to the state of....
Utah
California
New York
Nebraska
Which area on the map was annexed by the United States?
What year was territory #3 gained?
Which territory was added through the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain?
This country owned Florida before the United States received it in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819.
Spain
France
Germany
Great Britain
The most famous route West was the ...
Oregon Trail
Washington Trail
Missouri Trail
Santa Fe Trail
This President purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Monroe
Which territory became an independent republic before it was added to the US?
Oregon
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
The "Five Civilized Tribes" consisted of the .....
The 7th President of the United States who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Andrew Jackson
William Taft
John Ross
John Marshall
What were the conditions like on the Trail of Tears?
The Native Americans rode on horses and they had sufficient food supply.
The Native Americans traded goods with settlers along the way so that they could get enough food.
The Native Americans traveled in freezing weather with little food to eat, and most of them were on foot.
The Native Americans traveled in warm weather, either in boats or on foot.
What did American settlers want to do with the Native American land in the Southeast?
Protect the tribes' rights
Establish peace treaties with the tribes
Promote cultural exchange with the tribes
Grow cotton and make money
What did the federal government promise the Native Americans about their new land in Oklahoma?
It would be theirs temporarily
It would be their land forever
It would be taken back after a few years
It would be given to the white settlers
What famous frontiersman and racoon-skin-cap enthusiast mustered volunteers to help defend the Alamo?
Daniel Boone
James Bowie
Davy Crockett
James Webster
He was the leader of the Texas army and later elected as President of the Republic of Texas.
Davy Crockett
James Polk
Sam Houston
Zachary Taylor
What was one major impact that the Lewis and Clark expedition had on later journeys to the Pacific?
