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Westward Expansion
Test Description: Social Studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was one reason pioneers started to move west?
A
They wanted to make new friends.
B
They wanted new houses.
C
They wanted to fish.
D
They wanted cheap farmland.
2) I made westward trails through the Appalachian Mountains.
A
Zebulon Pike
B
Daniel Boone
C
Meriwether Lewis
3) What did the Americans call the idea that is was their God-given right to claim and settle lands from coast to coast?
A
Westward Law
B
Louisiana Purchase
C
Indian Removal Act
D
Manifest Destiny
4) I was sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the westward lands.
A
Daniel Boone
B
Lewis and Clark
C
Sacagawea
D
Zebulon Pike
5) Which of the following were economic reasons for moving west?
A
Established cities and towns
B
Gold
C
Fur trading
D
All of the above
6) I explored the southwestern regions of the United States and discovered that it was a desert.
A
Lewis and Clark
B
Zebulon Pike
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
Daniel Boone
7) When we began moving west, whose land did the settlers take?
A
African Americans
B
Native Americans
C
No one was living on the land they settled on.
D
Asian Americans
8) I bought the Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million.
A
Napolean Bonaparte
B
Zebulon Pike
C
Meriwether Lewis
D
Thomas Jefferson
9) There is a mountain peak named after me in Colorado to honor the land I settled in the west.
A
Zebulon Pike
B
Daniel Boone
C
William Clark
D
Meriwether Lewis
10) My major trail was called the Wilderness Trail.
A
Daniel Boone
B
William Clark
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
Napolean Bonaprte
11) In what city did the journey West begin for many settlers?
A
Independence, Missouri
B
Independence, Idaho
C
Independence, Montana
D
Independence, South Carolina
12) I was Lewis and Clark's guide through the Louisiana Purchase.
A
Saclagagea
B
Sacagawea
C
Salamanda
D
Sacrowea
13) We looked for a continuous water supply route connecting northeast to the northwest.
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
Zebulon Pike
C
Daniel Boone
D
Lewis and Clark
14) Why were our expeditions important to the Americans?
A
We wanted to have good relationship with the Native Indians.
B
Nothing, our expeditions were not important.
C
We opened the lands west to further settlement.
D
We brought slavery to the west.
15) I made treaties with the Native Americans.
A
William Clark
B
Zebulon Pike
C
Sacagawea
D
Daniel Boone
16) I brought back information about the Native Americans in the west region.
A
Zebulon Pike
B
Daniel Boone
C
Lewis and Clark
17) I established the first United States settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
A
Davy Crocket
B
Zebulon Pike
C
William Clark
D
Daniel Boone
18) What did the Westward Explorers do to help the growth of America?
A
They explored the middle part of the United States of America.
B
All of the above
C
They made trails for future pioneers.
D
None of the above
19) On the map, which trail was the longest?
A
California Trail
B
Oregon Trail
C
Santa Fe Trail
20) Who started the Santa Fe Trail as a trading route for the Americans?
A
Zebulon Pike
B
Meriwether Lewis
C
William Becknell
D
Daniel Boone
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