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U.S. History: Key Events and Concepts

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The forced Removal of Native Americans from their land

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

The Trail of Tears

c)

The Gold Rush

d)

Manifest Destiny

2.

What was the main consequence of the Trail of Tears for Native American communities?

a)

Expansion of voting rights

b)

Loss of ancestral homelands

c)

End of slavery

d)

Discovery of gold

3.

New Orleans was a valuable port and Americans used this city to access the

a)

Boston Harbor

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Boston Harbor

d)

Mississippi River

4.

Who owned the Louisiana Territory before it was purchased by the United States?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Great Britain

d)

Mexico

5.
What were Boom Towns?
a)
Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place. 
b)
Towns where dynamite was found
c)
Towns where loud sounds were often heard.
6.
49ers
a)
Group of settlers who moved to California in search of land. 
b)
Group of settlers who moved to California in search of religious freedom
c)
Group of settlers who moved to California in search of white beaches
d)
Group of settlers who moved to California in search of gold
7.

What year did a majority of miners flock to California for Gold?

a)

1848

b)

1849

c)

1850

d)

1855

8.

Which of these did the Homestead Act do?

a)

Allowed settlers to build two-story homes

b)

Allowed settlers to settle into Florida

c)

Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free

9.

The Homestead Act did all of these, except

a)

Provided free land

b)

Increased Farming and agriculture

c)

Increased population in the area

d)

Allowed pioneers to find gold

10.

Most of the Native Americans were relocated to

a)

Nebraska

b)

Alaska

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Texas

11.

The Homestead Act offered settlers

a)

cattle, cotton seeds, and a mule to anyone that settled in Texas

b)

government bonds of up to $2,000 if they would settle the Great Salt Lake area

c)

  two Conestoga wagons and a team of oxen to settle in the West

d)

160 acres of land if they would live on and improve the land