Miss Garner

Westward Expansion Review

A. For logging.

B. For fun.

C. To be alone.

D. For freedom, land, and gold.

1. Name a reason for moving West.

A. George Washington

B. Alexander Hamilton

C. James Madison

D. Thomas Jefferson

2. Who was President when we bought the Louisiana Territory?

A. To gather information about the land and make surveys.

B. To lead the Indians to Oregon.

C. To make a Peace Treaty with France.

D. Find where the Mississippi was.

3. Why did Lewis and Clark embark West?

A. 15,000

B. 10,000

C. 15,000,000

D. 10,000,000

4. How much did Jefferson pay for the Louisiana Territory?

A. Chickamauga / Rocky

B. Mississippi / Rocky

C. Oregon / Foot Hills

D. Pacific / Foot Hills

5. The Louisiana Purchase went from what river to what mountain?

A. Mississippi, Nebraska, and South Dakota

B. Tennessee, Ohio, Florida

C. California, New Mexico, and Arizona

D. Louisiana, Texas, and Florida

6. Which of the following States are located in the area of the Louisiana Purchase?

A. Canada

B. All the rivers.

C. The Rocky Mountains

D. A solution to the Texas border dispute.

7. What did the united Sates gain from the Mexican War?

A. Davy Crockett

B. Santa Anna

C. Pioneers

D. Mexican Indians

8. Who was in control on the Mexican side?

A. Santa Claus

B. Paul B.

C. Pecos Bill

D. Davy Crockett

9. The Texas army included the famous ____.

A. Made the United States poorer.

B. Outlawed slavery for the West.

C. Doubled the size of the United States.

D. Made the United States richer.

10. How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

A. The Oregon Trail

B. Trail of Tears

C. California Trail

Lewis and Clark Trail

11. What route did the pioneers take to head West?

A. Boat

B. Train

C. Wagon

D. By foot

12. During the Oregon Trail, people traveled by______.

13. Name a responsibility that a pioneer man had to do?

14. Name a responsibility a pioneer woman had to do.

15. Name a responsibility pioneer children had to do.

A. Cheap Land

B. Gold Rush

C. Indian Retreat

D. The Mexican-American War

16. What helped California become a state?

A. Pioneers

B. Miners

C. Texans

D. The Forty Niners

17. What were the people called who came to search for gold?

A. oil

B. Diamonds

C. Silver

D. Gold

California grew after what was discovered there?

A. Alexander Graham Bell

B. James Watt

C. Robert Fulton

D. George Stephenson

19. Who invented the Steamboat?

20. Name a reason the Locomotive was invented.

A. Robert Fulton

B. Samuel Morse

C. Alexander Graham Bell

D. John Henry

21. Who invented the telegraph?

A. George Stephenson

B. Robert Fulton

Alexander Graham Bell

Samuel Morse

22. Who invented the telephone?

23. How did these inventions contribute to the West?