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