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Westward Expansion
Test Description: Alamo, Gold Rush, Oregon Trail
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What were people who arrived to hunt for gold called?
A
American Gold Miner
B
Gold Hunter
C
Forty-Niners
D
California Gold Diggers
2) What were mining camps called during the California Gold Rush?
A
ghost towns
B
mining towns
C
gold towns
D
boom towns
3) What did mining camps become when people abandoned them?
A
mining towns
B
boom towns
C
ghost towns
D
gold towns
4) What did the settlers ride in when traveling west?
A
a ship
B
a covered wagon pulled by an oxen
C
a car
D
horse and carriage
5) What killed many settlers along the Oregon Trail?
A
Native Americans
B
small pox
C
cholera
D
French Soldiers
6) During the Battle of the Alamo, Texas was apart of which country?
A
France
B
Mexico
C
Spain
D
America
7) What was the law called that forced Native Americans to move from their homes to land in Oklahoma?
A
Moving Act
B
Native American Act
C
Jackson Act
D
Indian Removal Act
8) Who won the Battle of the Alamo?
A
Mexico
B
America
C
Texans
D
Native Americans
9) Who was the general leading the US troops at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
A
General Custer
B
General Smith
C
General Jackson
D
General Cherokee
10) Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
A
General Custer
B
Andrew Jackson
C
William Clarke
D
Francis Scott Key
11) Who was the President when the White House burned?
A
President Jackson
B
President Lewis
C
President Madison
D
President Washington
12) Who led Mexico's forces at the Battle of the Alamo?
A
General Santa Anna
B
General Custer
C
General Lewis
D
General Madison
13) What was the method that people used to separate dirt and gold?
A
panning
B
digging
C
mining
D
using a metal detector
14) Who was the US facing during the War of 1812?
A
Spain
B
Great Britain
C
Mexico
D
Native Americans
15) Who were the two leaders of the expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?
A
Lewis and Jackson
B
Clark and Custer
C
Lewis and Clark
D
Lewis and Custer
16) Who served as an interpreter to the expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?
A
Custer
B
Seaman
C
Sacagawea
D
Charbonneau
17) What was the purpose of the expedition of the Louisiana Purchase?
A
to search for gold
B
to explore the new land
C
to remove Native Americans
D
to find areas to build homes
18) Whose portrait did Dolley Madison save?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
George Washington
D
Benjamin Franklin
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