Westward Expansion Study Session

Who led American settlers across the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky?
1. Meriwether Lewis
2. Zebulon Pike
3. William Clark
4. Daniel Boone
Which of the following doubled the size of the United States?
1. the Monroe Doctrine
2. the Louisiana Purchase
3. the War of 1812
4. the Erie Canal
Which of the following people was responsible for American traders’ carrying out an economic invasion?
1. Zebulon Pike
2. Stephen F. Austin
3. Brigham Young
4. Sam Houston
What happened as a result of the War of 1812?
1. France established new colonies in North America.
2. a wave of nationalism swept the United States.
3. Spain was added to the United States.
4. The Americans defeated the British at the battle of Washington, D.C.
What is the name for the pass through the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky?
1. Bucked Teeth Run
2. Cumberland Gap
3. Oregon Trail
4. Virginia Pass
What is the term for adding a territory to a country?
1. annex
2. completion
3. sum
4. total
Who was the person who established a colony of Americans in Texas?
1. Stephen F. Austin
2. Eli Dallas
3. Sam Houston
4. Sam Antonio
After the War of 1812, during the Era of Good Feelings, which of the following was true of the United States government?
1. It was stronger in its dealings with foreign nations.
2. It sent people to explore land gained from France.
3. It was weak to stop European countries from expanding their American empires.
4. It lost land to Spain and Britain.
What did Daniel Boone do to help settle the West?
1. He helped make the Wilderness Road.
2. He explored the Mississippi River.
3. He traded goods with people in New Orleans.
4. He signed a peace treaty with the Cherokees and the Shawnees.
What was one of the first things that pioneer families had to do when they moved to the western frontier?
1. build adobe houses
2. build missions
3. clear thick forests
4. set up a government
What territory did the United States pay $15 million to France in order to acquire it?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Texas
How did the Lewis and Clark expedition help later pioneers?
1. by building the National Highway
2. by mapping passes through the Rocky Mountains
3. by finding a route to the Atlantic Coast
4. by clearing the Cumberland Gap
Who wanted to form a strong confederation of Indians in Kentucky and Tennessee?
1. Andrew Jackson
2. William Henry Harrison
3. Tecumseh
4. Sequoyah
Which territory was acquired when the United States and Britain agreed on a boundary that divided this territory and gave the southern part to the United States?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Mexican Cession
4. Oregon Country
Which of the following groups of Americans did not want the United States to go to war with Britain in 1812?
1. western farmers
2. southern planters
3. War Hawks
4. northern merchants
Which of the following was the turning point of the War of 1812?
1. the battle on Lake Erie
2. the impressments of American sailors
3. the formation of the War Hawks
4. the Battle of New Orleans
What did Daniel Boone find many of when he first went to Kentucky?
1. wild horses
2. trading settlements
3. canals
4. buffalo
What was one result of the Battle of Tippecanoe?
1. the Americans and Indians signed a peace treaty
2. the Indians agreed to leave the Northwest Territory
3. the Americans agreed to pay the Indians for the cost of the war
4. the Americans destroyed Prophetstown
Which small piece of land was purchased by the United States from Mexico for $10 million?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Mexican Cession
4. Oregon Country
Which of the following people served as a guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition?
1. Sacagawea
2. Tecumseh
3. the Prophet
4. Cameahwait
Which territory was gained through a peace treaty that ended the war between the United States and Mexico, after the United States invaded and defeated Mexico?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Mexican Cession
4. Oregon Country
What did Spain do to stop the United States from moving farther west?
1. declared war on Tennessee
2. closed the port of New Orleans to western farmers
3. ordered the Indian tribes to stop trading with Americans
4. sent Spanish settlers into Kentucky
Which of the following would best describe the idea of Manifest Destiny?
1. All American citizens should have the right to vote.
2. All American women should have the right to own property.
3. The United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
4. All Native Americans should live in the land west of the Mississippi River.
Which territory was admitted to the United States several years after it gained its independent from Mexico?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Texas
Which is a reason that the United States wanted to expand westward?
1. to have closer connections with Europe
2. to give people more room to farm, work, and build homes
3. to protect the natural environment
4. to learn about Native American cultures
Who were people known as Forty-niners?
1. People who wanted slavery.
2. People who traveled the Oregon Trail.
3. People who went to California in search of gold.
4. People who supported the idea of states’ rights.
Who wrote a poem about American bravery as the British bombed Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor?
1. James Monroe
2. Francis Scott Key
3. Meriwether Lewis
4. Zebulon Pike
What territory was acquired from Spain after the U.S. Army invaded it and then paid $5 million in claims to settlers for Indian attacks?
1. Florida
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Texas
In order to practice their religion where no one would bother them, where did the Mormons settle?
1. Texas
2. Utah
3. Oregon
4. Kansas
What country did the United States purchase California and much more land in the West from, after the U.S. defeated them in war?
1. Spain
2. France
3. Britain
4. Mexico

Westward Expansion Study Session

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