Westward Expansion

Question 1

Which of these was NOT a goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Answer 1

To establish trade with Mexico

Question 2

In general, which group earned the most money during the California Gold Rush?

Answer 2

Merchants who catered to gold seekers

Question 3

What is the name of the first battle of the Texas Revolution?

Answer 3

Battle of Gonzales

Question 4

Which U.S. President signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Answer 4

Andrew Jackson

Question 5

Manifest Destiny is…?

Answer 5

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

Question 6

Which of the following was a cause of the Mexican American War?

Answer 6

All of the above answers are correct

Question 7

Which of the following was an effect of the Mexican-Ameican War

Answer 7

All of the above answers are correct

Question 8

True or False: One group that supported slavery in the West were
Southerners because they wanted to preserve the free state - slave state balance in the senate

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False: One group that supported slavery in the West were Slaveholders because they wanted to use slave labor to make money in the West.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The following opposed slavery in the West.

Answer 10

Both answer “a” and answer “b” are correct

Question 11

Which Act was passed by Congress and President Andrew Jackson in 1830?

Answer 11

Indian Removal Act

Question 12

The purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to

Answer 12

All the above answers are correct

Question 13

The following was a hardship faced by travelers on the Oregon Trail

Answer 13

Crossing fast-moving/deep rivers

Question 14

The following was a hardship faced by travelers on the California Trail

Answer 14

Both answers a and b are correct

Question 15

In 1803, the U.S. purchased this territory from France for $15 million dollars. This purchase added 828,000 square miles of land to the U.S., nearly doubling the size of the country.

Answer 15

The Louisiana Territory

Question 16

After the Mexican-American War, Mexico ceded 529,000 square miles of land to the U.S. for $15 million dollars. This was the third largest land acquisition of territory in U.S. history.

Answer 16

Mexican Cession