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USI.8b #2 (Westward Movement)
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1) Which was NOT an effect of building the Erie Canal?
A
It helped make New York City into a major trading port.
B
It cut down on the time it took to travel from east to west.
C
It effectively linked Lake Erie with the Potomac River.
D
It drastically reduced the cost of moving goods.
2) One of the reasons the Erie Canal was important was because it —
A
made it easier to cross the Rocky Mountains
B
made it easier to bring water to farms
C
provided a faster route westward
D
was a route to the Gulf of Mexico
3) The idea that expansion was for the good of the country was known as —
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Madison Doctrine
C
Magna Carta
D
Monroe Doctrine
4) The Oregon and the Santa Fe are known as —
A
early colonies
B
early states
C
overland trails
D
western cow towns
5) Hundreds of thousands of people followed paths west as they moved towards new opportunities. Which trail left Missouri and went to New Mexico?
A
Utah
B
Oregon
C
Santa Fe
D
California
6) Which waterway connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River allows for cheaper and faster transportation?
A
Lake Michigan
B
Ohio River
C
St. Lawrence River
D
Erie Canal
7) Which each aspect of Manifest Destiny describes the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
A
American Indians were forced from their homelands and sent to live on reservations.
B
Thousands of settlers went west to farm new lands and to find gold.
C
Thousands of people moved from Europe to the west.
D
Thomas Jefferson wanted to explore the land bought with the Louisiana Purchase
8) Which was NOT an effect of building the Erie Canal?
A
It helped make New York City into a major trading port.
B
It helped inspire the creation of the National Road.
C
It cut down on the time it took to travel from east to west.
D
It drastically reduced the cost of moving goods.
9) Which each aspect of Manifest Destiny describes the Trail of Tears?
A
Thousands of people moved from Europe to the west.
B
Thousands of settlers went west to farm new lands and to find gold.
C
American Indians were forced from their homelands and sent to live on reservations.
D
Thomas Jefferson wanted to explore the land bought with the Louisiana Purchase.
10) Which each aspect of Manifest Destiny describes the Oregon Trail?
A
Thomas Jefferson wanted to explore the land bought with the Louisiana Purchase.
B
American Indians were forced from their homelands and sent to live on reservations.
C
Thousands of people moved from Europe to the west.
D
Thousands of settlers went west to farm new lands and to find gold.
11) Which statement best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny?
A
It was the philosophy behind Andrew Jackson's decisions to dissolve the Second Bank of the United States.
B
It was the group that Lewis and Clark took to explore the American West.
C
It was the trail American Indians took west to resettle on government-sanctioned reservations.
D
It was a belief that it was America's right to expand and settle from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
12) Which factor that influenced westward movement is displayed in an advertisement about going to Iowa and Nebraska for land ?
A
farmers
B
prospectors
C
artisans
D
fishermen
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