WorksheetsQuiz on Westward expansion
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
After the Treaty of Paris in 1783, to which natural boundary did the United States expand?
A) Appalachian Mountains
B) Mississippi River
C) Rocky Mountains
D) Pacific Ocean
How much land did the Louisiana Purchase add to the United States?
A) About half the current U.S. territory
B) Doubled the nation's size
C) Only New Orleans area
D) The Florida territory
What was a result of the Texas War and its annexation by the U.S.?
A) Peace with Mexico
B) Start of the Mexican-American War
C) Oregon Territory treaty
D) Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
What was the main goal of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
A) To protect Native American land rights
B) To make native Americans move west of the Mississippi River
C) To create new states from Native lands
D) To establish trade with Native tribes
What major event in California attracted thousands of people in 1849?
A) Oregon Treaty signing
B) Gold Rush
C) Louisiana Purchase
D) Other
The Oregon Treaty settled the border dispute between the U.S. and which country?
A) Mexico
B) Britain
C) Spain
D) France
What was the significance of the Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869?
A) It connected east and west coasts
B) It ended the Mexican-American War
C) It secured Florida for the U.S.
D) It opened the Oregon Territory for settlement
