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Westward Expansion Unit Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The idea that the US should stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Pacific Expansion
c)
Destiny Manifest
d)
Fate of the Union
2.

A U.S. state in which the practice of slavery was legal.

a)

Slave State

b)

Free State

3.

A U.S. state in which the practice of slavery was illegal and prohibited.

a)

Free State

b)

Slave State

4.

The vast region in the Pacific Northwest, contested between the United States and Britain, settled by the Oregon Trail pioneers.

a)
Idaho Territory
b)
Oregon Territory
c)
California Territory
d)
Washington Territory
5.

People came to California looking to find gold in 1849, increasing the population of the territory.

a)
The Texas Oil Boom
b)
The Florida Citrus Rush
c)
The Alaska Diamond Rush
d)
The California Gold Rush
6.

The purchase of parts of Arizona and New Mexico from the country of Mexico.

a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Alaska Purchase
d)
Gadsden Purchase
7.

The conflict in the early 1830s where Texan settlers sought independence from Mexican rule, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Texas.

a)
Louisiana Purchase
b)
California Gold Rush
c)
Texas Revolution
d)
Mexican-American War
8.

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.

a)
Mexican Cession
b)
British Conquest
c)
French Annexation
d)
Spanish Acquisition
9.

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.

a)
Civil War
b)
War of 1812
c)
Spanish-American War
d)
Mexican-American War
10.

According to the map, people of the Mormon faith migrated to the state of....

a)

Utah

b)

California

c)

New York

d)

Nebraska

11.

Which area on the map was annexed by the United States?

a)
5
b)
1
c)
6
d)
4
12.

What year was territory #3 gained?

a)
1607
b)
1783
c)
1803
d)
1819
13.

Which territory was added through the Adam-Onis treaty with Spain?

a)
Oregon
b)
Louisiana
c)
Texas 
d)
Florida
14.

This country owned Florida before the United States received it in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819.

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Great Britain

15.

The most famous route West was the ...

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Washington Trail

c)

Missouri Trail

d)

Santa Fe Trail

16.

This President purchased the Louisiana Territory.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

James Monroe

17.

Which territory became an independent republic before it was added to the US?

a)

Oregon

b)

Louisiana

c)

Texas

d)

Florida

18.

The "Five Civilized Tribes" consisted of the .....

a)
Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Seminole, and Kiowa
b)
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, and Creek
c)
Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole
d)
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Kiowa, and Cherokee
19.

The 7th President of the United States who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

William Taft

c)

John Ross

d)

John Marshall

20.

What were the conditions like on the Trail of Tears?

a)

The Native Americans rode on horses and they had sufficient food supply.

b)

The Native Americans traded goods with settlers along the way so that they could get enough food.

c)

The Native Americans traveled in freezing weather with little food to eat, and most of them were on foot.

d)

The Native Americans traveled in warm weather, either in boats or on foot.

21.

What did American settlers want to do with the Native American land in the Southeast?

a)

Protect the tribes' rights

b)

Establish peace treaties with the tribes

c)

Promote cultural exchange with the tribes

d)

Grow cotton and make money

22.

What did the federal government promise the Native Americans about their new land in Oklahoma?

a)

It would be theirs temporarily

b)

It would be their land forever

c)

It would be taken back after a few years

d)

It would be given to the white settlers

23.

What famous frontiersman and racoon-skin-cap enthusiast mustered volunteers to help defend the Alamo?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

James Bowie

c)

Davy Crockett

d)

James Webster

24.

He was the leader of the Texas army and later elected as President of the Republic of Texas.

a)

Davy Crockett

b)

James Polk

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Zachary Taylor

25.

What was one major impact that the Lewis and Clark expedition had on later journeys to the Pacific? 

a)
It showed that traveling over the Rocky Mountains was all but impossible
b)
It allowed later travelers to follow accurate maps on their journeys
c)
It made American Indian tribes especially hostile toward later travelers
d)
It prevented later boat travel on the Missouri River