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