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Westward Expansion
Test Description: Chapter 11 Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was NOT a reason to travel west?
A
Poverty
B
Religion
C
Beaver Fur
D
Cheap/Free land
2) Who was the leader of the Mormon Church who was killed?
A
Joseph Smith
B
James Monroe
C
John Jacob Astor
D
Brigham Young
3) Where did the Mormons establish their religious settlement?
A
Oregon
B
Utah
C
California
D
Missouri
4) What was a major result of the Gold Rush?
A
People got filthy rich
B
The Eastern cities grew
C
There was a population boom
D
The economy of California declined
5) Which of the following WAS NOT a major difficulty along the trails west?
A
Supply shortages
B
Accidental gun misfiring
C
Diseases such as Cholera
D
Native Americans
6) What was the nickname given to those pioneers who traveled in search of gold
A
forty-niners
B
rushers
C
boomers
D
forty-eighters
7) Where would you go to find gold in 1849?
A
Utah
B
California
C
California
D
Texas
8) An obvious fate to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean..
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Oregon Expansion
C
Manifest Fate
D
Westward Expansion
9) What state was an independent nation before becoming a state?
A
Texas
B
New Mexico
C
California
D
Nevada
10) What was the battle cry used for Texas Independence? Remember the...
A
Tennessee Boys!
B
Sanata Anna!
C
Alabama!
D
Alamo!
11) The purchase of the small strip of land in present day Arizona and New Mexico..
A
Louisiana Purchase
B
Texas Annexation
C
Gadsden Purchase
D
Mexican Cession
12) What war was fought to help the U.S. gain the present states of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming?
A
Revolutionary War
B
Mexican American War
C
War of 1812
D
Texas Revolution
13) Who was the President of the U.S. during the Mexican American War?
A
Andrew Jackson
B
James K. Polk
C
Martin Van Buren
D
James Monroe
14) Who was the Mexican President during the Mexican American War?
A
James K. Polk
B
Zachary Taylor
C
Davy Crockett
D
Santa Anna
15) The name given to fur traders and trappers in the Oregon territory?
A
Forty-Niners
B
Frontiersmen
C
Mountain men
D
Pioneers
16) Which trail led to present day New Mexico across blazing deserts?
A
Santa Fe Trail
B
Oregon Trail
C
Mormon Trail
D
California Trail
17) Why did Brigham Young move the mormons west?
A
for religious freedom
B
to establish a cult
C
to purchase cheap/free land from Mexico
D
to mine gold in california
18) What parallel separates the U.S. and Canada?
A
36th
B
49th
C
59th
D
24th
19) Who was the famous frontiersmen who died at the Alamo?
A
Santa Anna
B
Davy Crockett
C
Zachary Taylor
D
Daniel Boon
20) Who became a war hero during the Mexican American War, eventually becoming President?
A
James K. Polk
B
Martin van Buren
C
Zachary Taylor
D
Andrew Jackson
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