Worksheets7 - Westward Expansion
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. According to the quotation, which group of people was President Jackson addressing?
a)
African Americans
b)
Asian Americans
c)
Mexican Americans
d)
Native Americans
2.
2. Based on this map, what was one effect of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
a)
Native Americans were forced from their tribal lands resulting in an event known as the Trail of Tears
b)
Native Americans were allowed to stay on their land
c)
Native American tribes had to share tribal lands with American settlers
d)
Native American tribes spread out to settle in many more states than prior to the Indian Removal Act
3.
3. Which of the following events influenced the changes in cotton production and slavery in the United States between 1800 and 1860 illustrated in the graphs above?
a)
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin
b)
The three-fifths compromise in the Constitution
c)
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress
d)
Erie Canal was completed in 1825
4.
4. Based on these graphs, what is one relationship between cotton production and the growth of slavery between 1800 and 1860?
a)
The number of slaves in the United States increased as cotton production grew
b)
The amount of cotton produced in the United States decreased as the number of slaves increased
c)
The number of slaves in the United States did not change much over time
d)
The amount of cotton produced in the United States changed more than the number of slaves in the United States
5.
5. Both the black and white abolitionists mentioned in this document were fighting against which policy?
a)
Enslavement of African Americans in the United States prior to the Civil War
b)
Desegregating the United States military during World War I and World War II
c)
The practice of indentured servitude used to settle American colonies in the early 1600’s
d)
Jim Crow laws implemented after the Civil War that were meant to segregate America
6.
6. Which claim is supported by both Documents 1 and 2?
a)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin painted an inaccurate picture of slavery
b)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin scared anti-slavery critics
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced many Americans’ views on slavery
d)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was not widely read
7.
7. According to Document 2, what was a major effect of the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
a)
More Americans learned how to read in order to read the book
b)
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States
c)
The Abolitionist movement began across the United States
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe became a figure in the women’s suffrage movement
8.
8. Based on this excerpt from the Seneca Falls’ Declaration of Sentiments, women should
a)
remain in the home
b)
serve in the military
c)
give up their personal property
d)
have equal rights with men
9.
9. A historian could best use this map to study
a)
the Monroe Doctrine
b)
American nativism
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Dutch imperialism in North America
10.
10. Which statement can best be supported by the information found on this map?
a)
Territorial expansion during the 1800s was achieved through a variety of methods.
b)
Colonial goals had been realized once the Louisiana Purchase was complete.
c)
The annexation of Texas was an effort to avoid war with Mexico.
d)
The Great Plains was the last area settled.
11.
11. John Brown
a)
White abolitionist who murdered five slavery supporters in “Bleeding Kansas.”
b)
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
c)
Cherokee Tribe won a verdict that said the state of Georgia had no right to take Cherokee land.
d)
Escape slave who wrote the North Star.
e)
Set up first state mental hospitals.
12.
12. Dorothea Dix
a)
Set up first state mental hospitals.
b)
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
c)
White abolitionist who murdered five slavery supporters in “Bleeding Kansas.”
d)
Cherokee Tribe won a verdict that said the state of Georgia had no right to take Cherokee land.
e)
Escape slave who wrote the North Star.
13.
13. Worcester vs. Georgia
a)
Cherokee Tribe won a verdict that said the state of Georgia had no right to take Cherokee land.
b)
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
c)
White abolitionist who murdered five slavery supporters in “Bleeding Kansas.”
d)
Escape slave who wrote the North Star.
e)
Set up first state mental hospitals.
14.
14. Harriet Beecher Stowe
a)
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
b)
White abolitionist who murdered five slavery supporters in “Bleeding Kansas.”
c)
Cherokee Tribe won a verdict that said the state of Georgia had no right to take Cherokee land.
d)
Escape slave who wrote the North Star.
e)
Set up first state mental hospitals.
15.
15. Frederick Douglas
a)
Escape slave who wrote the North Star.
b)
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
c)
White abolitionist who murdered five slavery supporters in “Bleeding Kansas.”
d)
Cherokee Tribe won a verdict that said the state of Georgia had no right to take Cherokee land.
e)
Set up first state mental hospitals.
16.
16. Horace Mann
a)
Developed a system of 1-12 education for all.
b)
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
c)
White abolitionist who murdered five slavery supporters in “Bleeding Kansas.”
d)
Cherokee Tribe won a verdict that said the state of Georgia had no right to take Cherokee land.
e)
Escape slave who wrote the North Star.
17.
(a) is the belief that the United States was meant to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Choose from the below words
Manifest Destiny
The Monroe Doctrine
The Louisiana Purchase
The Jackson Action
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