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Chapter 2: Westward Expansion

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does this image represent?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

the Trail of Tears

c)

the Monroe Doctrine

d)

the Mormon migration

2.

Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to Part A?

a)

the Native Americans fleeing

b)

the angelic figure headed west

c)

the new forms of transport technology shown

d)

the heavy clouds and mountains in the background

3.

After gaining its independence from Spain, the Mexican government ________.

a)

offered to sell Texas to the United States

b)

immediately legalized the practice of slavery

c)

encouraged American settlers to move to Texas

d)

moved troops into areas claimed by the United States

4.

This image is most closely associated with ________.

a)

Texas independence

b)

the Mexican-American War

c)

Gadsden purchase

d)

The settlement of Oregon

5.

How did President James K. Polk provoke war with Mexico?

a)

He allowed slaves to cross the Texas River.

b)

He ordered U.S. troops to march toward Santa Fe.

c)

He ordered U.S. troops to cross the Nuceces River

d)

He refused to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.

6.

Which of the following were most responsible for expanding U.S. territory into Texas and areas west of the Rocky Mountains? Select the two correct answers.

a)

the Oregon Treaty

b)

the Homestead Act

c)

the Louisiana Purchase

d)

the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

e)

the Mexican War

7.

Which of the following groups settled in the West to escape religious persecution?

a)

the Californios

b)

the Forty-Niners

c)

the Southerners

d)

the Mormons

8.

Use the graph to answer the question.

a)

By 1850, California had become the most populous state in the Union.

b)

The discovery of gold in California weakened Americans' belief in Manifest Destiny.

c)

The discovery of gold in California quickly increased the territory’s population

d)

The experience of mining in California led to the development of railroads.

9.

The invention of the telegraph helped make which of the following obsolete?

a)

railroads

b)

telephones

c)

newspapers

d)

the Pony Express

10.

How did the U.S. government help in the construction of the transcontinental railroad?

a)

The government gave 160 acres of land alongside each mile of track to railroad companies.

b)

The government gave railroad companies a gift of 10square miles of land alongside each mile of track they built

c)

The government compelled a vote of ten thousand workers to build the railroad.

d)

The government removed American Indians from the land along the tracks.

11.

Yes the excerpt to answer the question:

It is our manifest destiny to overspread the continent, allotted by the providence of the free development of our yearly multiplying millions from John O’Sullivan‘s editorial on manifest destiny 1845. The idea is expressed in this passage, contributed most directly to which of the following?

a)

The American Civil War

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The passage of the Dawes Act

d)

The Supreme Court decision Worcester v. Georgia

12.

Use the excerpt to answer the question. "As I crossed the broad Continent of plain and mountain, there was very little to suggest the quality of the old world. The railroad included hundreds of miles of desert and sagebrush, and the towns and stations were few and far between. As I viewed this new land, I thought of the many thousands of men and women who made up this nation. What was it that allowed so many to come together to work for the future?" - Samuel Bowles Travels on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869 Which statement is supported by the details in this excerpt?

a)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of desert and sagebrush.

b)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of mountain.

c)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of forest.

d)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of farmland.

13.

Which statement is most strongly supported by the excerpt from Samuel Bowles' Travels on the Union Pacific Railroad?

a)

The railroad encouraged migration west

b)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of mountain.

c)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of forest.

d)

The railroad included hundreds of miles of farmland.