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Why was it hard for people to travel in America in the early 1700s?
a) There were no maps.
b) The trains were very crowded.
c) The roads were bad.
d) It was too expensive.
c) The roads were bad.
Why did some people want to go west even though travel was difficult?
a) Manifest Destiny
b) new farmland
c) a new start
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
How did Daniel Boone help encourage settlement of the West?
a) He traveled around and spoke about the West.
b) He cleared a pass through the Appalachian Mountains.
c) He led wagon trains out west.
d) He helped build the first railroad through Kentucky.
b) He cleared a pass through the Appalachian Mountains.
Which did Lewis and Clark not see on their expedition?
a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Continental Divide
d) Rocky Mountains
b) Atlantic Ocean
treaty
a formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries
How did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark?
a) She made maps of the Louisiana Territory.
b) She took care of Clark’s children.
c) She helped guide them through unfamiliar land.
d) She collected rocks, plants, and animals for them
c) She helped guide them through unfamiliar land.
What was the main reason Native Americans resented settlers who moved into the West?
a) The settlers took the Native Americans’ land.
b) The Native Americans didn’t approve of settlers’ beliefs.
c) The settlers didn’t pay taxes to the Native Americans.
d) The Native Americans didn’t approve of farming.
a) The settlers took the Native Americans’ land.
What was Tecumseh’s idea for resisting American settlers?
a) charging the Americans money for the land
b) uniting Native American tribes against the Americans
c) having each tribe sign independent treaties
d) asking Great Britain to help fight the Americans
b) uniting Native American tribes against the Americans
What was the biggest advantage of the steamboat compared to other river travel?
a) It could carry people and goods both upstream and downstream.
b) It was cheaper to build.
c) It could travel at night.
d) It reduced farmers’ dependence on flatboats.
a) It could carry people and goods both upstream and downstream.
conscience
a sense or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong
How did the building of the Erie Canal in New York affect the rest of the country?
a) New York got all the other states’ business.
b) Other states also built canals.
c) It had no effect on other states.
d) Other states closed their canals
b) Other states also built canals.
What advantages did railroads have over canals?
a) They didn’t freeze in winter.
b) They could travel over mountains.
c) They were faster.
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?
a) They agreed to give up their land.
b) They were given their choice of where to live.
c) They were forced to live in certain areas.
d) They voluntarily moved into Canada and Mexico.
c) They were forced to live in certain areas.
Which was not a reason Americans kept expanding into new land?
a) Americans were being forced westward by Native Americans.
b) Americans felt they had a “right” to settle the entire continent.
c) Americans thought they could never have too much good farmland.
d) Americans wanted to extend liberty across North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
a) Americans were being forced westward by Native Americans.
pioneer
one of the first people to settle in a region
When the first Americans moved into Texas, what did the government of Mexico ask them to do?
a) become loyal Mexican citizens
b) bring their enslaved workers with them
c) come up with their own religion
d) make their own laws
a) become loyal Mexican citizens
What did the Battle of the Alamo represent to the Texans who fought the Mexican army under the leadership of Sam Houston?
a) the conflict between the Texans and Mexicans
b) the Mexican army that won the battle
c) the presence of Daniel Boone
d) the heat of the day on which the battle was fought
a) the conflict between the Texans and Mexicans
Why wasn’t Texas admitted to the United States right away?
a) It covered too large an area.
b) It allowed slavery.
c) Sam Houston wanted it to be independent.
d) Texans wanted to be part of Great Britain.
b) It allowed slavery.
What made Oregon Country so valuable to America?
a) its location on the Pacific Ocean
b) its mountains
c) the fur of its animals
d) its wide open spaces
c) the fur of its animals
frontier
where newly settled areas meet unsettled, but not necessarily uninhabited, areas
What strategy did the United States and Great Britain use to avoid war over Oregon Country?
a) complement
b) compromise
c) comprehend
d) comprise
b) compromise
With the Mexican War, President Polk hoped to add new areas to the United States. Which were two of them?
a) Louisiana Territory and Oregon Country
b) Appalachia and Texas
c) California and New Mexico
d) California and Oregon Country
c) California and New Mexico
Why did the Mormons settle in the Far West?
a) to avoid paying taxes
b) to avoid religious persecution
c) to avoid the overcrowded East Coast
d) to avoid the Mexican War
b) to avoid religious persecution
Which is not true about the California gold rush?
a) It attracted more than 80,000 people to California.
b) Very few people “struck it rich.”
c) Merchants had a hard time selling their products.
d) Prospecting was a very hard life.
c) Merchants had a hard time selling their products.
emigrate
to leave one country to settle permanently in another