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SS: Westward Expansion
Test Description: Westward Expansion Vocabulary
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1) People who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849
A
rusher
B
forty-niner
C
California rusher
D
gold rusher
2) Someone who went to an area before it was settled.
A
forty-niner
B
pioneer
C
settler
D
explorer
3) American Indians were forced by the US Army to make the 1,000 mile trip to Indian Territory.
A
Indian Territory Trail
B
Trail of Tears
C
Trail of American Indians
D
Oregon Trail
4) People who move to a new land.
A
settlers
B
explorers
C
Louis and Clark
D
pioneers
5) The 1803 land deal that doubled the area of our new country. It was purchased from France for $15 million dollars.
A
Oregon Purchase
B
Louisiana Purchase
C
California Purchase
D
Texas Purchase
6) They explored the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond.
A
Lewis and Clark
B
Clark and Sacagewea
C
Clark and Kennedy
D
Lewis and Sacagewea
7) The 1849 discovery of gold in the Sacramento, California area that inspired the mass migration to this area.
A
Texas Gold Rush
B
California Gold Rush
C
Oregon Gold Rush
D
Mexico Gold Rush
8) A law that ordered all the Indian nations east of the Mississippi River to move west of that river.
A
Indian Removal Act
B
Indian Territory
C
Louisiana Act
D
Mississippi Act
9) President Polk declared war on Mexico over the dispute of land in Texas. (1846-1848)
A
Louisiana Purchase
B
Louisiana and France War
C
Mexican-American War
D
War of 1812
10) The taking of workers against their will.
A
nationalism
B
cession
C
prisonment
D
impressment
11) The area of land that American Indians were forced to move to.
A
Georgia Territory
B
California Territory
C
Oregon Territory
D
Indian Territory
12) To give land to another country.
A
territory
B
frontier
C
impressment
D
cession
13) A route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, used by pioneers traveling to the Oregon Territory.
A
Oregon Trail
B
Trail of Tears
C
Missouri Trail
D
Appalachian Trail
14) The edge of a country or settled region.
A
territory
B
frontier
C
boomtown
D
settlement
15) Communities that quickly grow in population.
A
territory
B
frontier
C
boomtown
D
settlement
16) To add land to a country.
A
cession
B
annexation
C
territory
D
impressment
17) An area of land that is under the authority of a government but is not given the power of self-government.
A
Indian Territory
B
territory
C
Oregon Trail
D
Louisiana Purchase
18) The belief that the US had the right and duty to control all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Gold Rush Destiny
C
Oregon Destiny
D
Trail of Tears Destiny
19) A waterway built for travel and shipping.
A
trail
B
runway
C
territory
D
canal
20) The first people to live in North America.
A
Eskimos
B
Georgians
C
Native Americans
D
Europeans
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