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WorksheetsU.S. History: Key Events and Concepts
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
The forced Removal of Native Americans from their land
Louisiana Purchase
The Trail of Tears
The Gold Rush
Manifest Destiny
What was the main consequence of the Trail of Tears for Native American communities?
Expansion of voting rights
Loss of ancestral homelands
End of slavery
Discovery of gold
New Orleans was a valuable port and Americans used this city to access the
Boston Harbor
Atlantic Ocean
Boston Harbor
Mississippi River
Who owned the Louisiana Territory before it was purchased by the United States?
France
Spain
Great Britain
Mexico
What year did a majority of miners flock to California for Gold?
1848
1849
1850
1855
Which of these did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to build two-story homes
Allowed settlers to settle into Florida
Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free
The Homestead Act did all of these, except
Provided free land
Increased Farming and agriculture
Increased population in the area
Allowed pioneers to find gold
Most of the Native Americans were relocated to
Nebraska
Alaska
Oklahoma
Texas
The Homestead Act offered settlers
cattle, cotton seeds, and a mule to anyone that settled in Texas
government bonds of up to $2,000 if they would settle the Great Salt Lake area
two Conestoga wagons and a team of oxen to settle in the West
160 acres of land if they would live on and improve the land
