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?

2) Who was the leader of the Mormon Church who was killed?

3) Where did the Mormons establish their religious settlement?

4) What was a major result of the Gold Rush?

5) Which of the following WAS NOT a major difficulty along the trails west?

6) What was the nickname given to those pioneers who traveled in search of gold

7) Where would you go to find gold in 1849?

8) An obvious fate to settle all the way to the Pacific Ocean..

9) What state was an independent nation before becoming a state?

10) What was the battle cry used for Texas Independence? Remember the...

11) The purchase of the small strip of land in present day Arizona and New Mexico..

12) What war was fought to help the U.S. gain the present states of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming?

13) Who was the President of the U.S. during the Mexican American War?

14) Who was the Mexican President during the Mexican American War?

15) The name given to fur traders and trappers in the Oregon territory?

16) Which trail led to present day New Mexico across blazing deserts?

17) Why did Brigham Young move the mormons west?

18) What parallel separates the U.S. and Canada?

19) Who was the famous frontiersmen who died at the Alamo?

20) Who became a war hero during the Mexican American War, eventually becoming President?


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