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WorksheetsSettlement of the West and the American Indian Experience
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 15mins
An American explorer who helped map a trail that American settlers could follow to cross the Appalachian Mountains
Daniel Boone
Thomas Jeffereson
Lewis and Clark
James Monroe
Why did Americans begin moving west?
The US purchased the Louisiana Territory
The US purchased the Pacific Ocean
The US purchased the Oregon Trail
The US purchased the steam engines
How did Americans live after moving to the plains in the west (The Great Plains)? Choose 3 answers
they built homes out of sod
they dug deep wells or went to streams for water
there were few cities and they lived far apart from one another
they went to social events and had big gatherings
they built big cities with lots of shops
What was the large land between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean?
Oregon Territoy
Gateway Arch
Appalachian Mountains
Louisiana Purchase
Why did people move to Oregon instead of the Great Plains?
farming was better in the Oregon Territory
shopping was better in the Oregon Territory
they wanted to visit Sacagawea
it was easier to live in Oregon than in the Great Plains
What was the name of the route pioneers traveled in wagons or walked to get to the Oregon Territory that could be very dangerous?
Pacific Ocean
Corps of Discovery
Oregon Trail
Louisiana Purchase
How long did the journey across the Oregon Trail take?
6 weeks
6 months
6 years
1 week
Americans believed that God had given the US the right to go west and take that land to become a larger nation and made American leaders more determined to get land in the west for homes and resources. This was called _____________
manifest destiny
manifest fate
Corps of Discovery
new technologies
What sort if conflicts (problems) did manifest destiny lead to? Choose 2 answers
other nations did not like America growing and expanding west
Native Americans had already been living on these lands and did not want settlers taking it
the Revolutionary War
fights between Great Britain and America
Native Americans stealing homes and horse from Americans
BEFORE new technology, how did Americans travel west? Choose 3 answers
wagons or walking
using pack animals (animals like horse or mules to carry heavy loads)
keelboats
locomotives
steamboats
A special ship powered by steam that would carry passengers and showed how much better and quicker traveling by steamboat was is called the __________________
Gateway
Expedition
Transcontinental
Clermont
A railroad system for trails that traveled from one side of the US to the other and was powered by steam engines like steamboats was called the _____________________.
transcontinental railroad
transcontinental journey
steam train
continental steam engine
The transcontinental railroad made it easier and quicker to ship goods and for people to travel. This railroad was built by people from China, Ireland, and Germany which are people known as _________________.
travelers
immigrants
Native Americans
passengers
People wanted to move to _____________because gold was discovered and people wanted to get rich.
California
Oregon
Louisiana
Missouri
People traveled to places where a lot of gold was found and made new ______________.
towns
boats
railroads
trails
People would get _________ for free or cheap because railroad companies would give it to farmers because they knew farmers would use trains to ship their crops.
land
boats
horses
trains
The ______________ gave 160 acres of free land to anyone who would settle and farm the land for 5 years, so 1.6 million people got land to live on and farm.
Homestead Act
Oregon Act
Corps of Discovery
Indian Removal Act
Why was there conflict between settlers and Native Americans?
settlers were moving onto Native American lands
settlers were stealing Native American horses
settlers were taking Native American crops
settlers were using their land to build shopping malls
_______________ is a law that said Native Americans who still lived in the east had to give up their land and move west of the Mississippi River into "Indian Territory" which basically forced Native Americans off of their land.
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
Oregon Act
Native American Act
_____________ was the journey the government forced the Cherokee tribe to take to move them east from their homes to Indian Territory in the west.
Trail of Tears
Oregon Trail
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Indian Removal Act
Many Native Americans walked the Trail of Tears and this journey took months. What sort of complications did this experience along the way? choose 3 answers
disesase
hunger
coldness
war
headaches
After the Trail of Tears, settlers continued moving west and taking over the ______________ lands.
Native American
American
British
French
After the Trail of Tears, Native Americans decided to fight instead of giving up their lands. _________________ were the Native American leaders whose groups fought against the US in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Choose 3 answers
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Chief Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
__________ was a battle where Americans killed 270 Native Americans, many of who were women and children.
Battle at Wounded Knee
Battle at Trail of Tears
Battle at Little Bighorn
Battle at Indian Removal
The Louisiana Purchase affected many people in the United States. Read the paragraph below. What group of people are being described by this effect.
Their country grew twice as big. It also gave the people who lived here access to the Port of New Orleans. This allowed them to ship goods and trade. The United States did not even understand how large the Louisiana Territory was.
People of the United States
Settlers in the Louisiana Territory
Native Americans
The Louisiana Purchase affected many people in the United States. Read the paragraph below. What group of people are being described by this effect.
They were no longer under French or Spanish rule. Later, Louisiana would become a state and these people would become American citizens. They were also allowed to use the Port of New Orleans to ship goods.
People of the United States
Settlers in the Louisiana Territory
Native Americans
The Louisiana Purchase affected many people in the United States. Read the paragraph below. What group of people are being described by this effect.
They were often in conflict with settlers. Native Americans and settlers fought because settlers wanted Native American land. Many Native American tribes lost their land. Many also died on the Trail of Tears.
People of the United States
Settlers in the Louisiana Territory
Native Americans
