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Westward Expansion

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4th - 5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In 1775, I opened the Wilderness Road to Kentucky. I crossed the Appalachian Mountains and established Boonesborough Fort. Who am I?

Zebulon Pike
Daniel Boone
Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I went exploring the Southwest two times.  I discovered, but did not climb a mountain peak in Colorado. Who am I?

Zebulon Pike
Lewis and Clark
William Clark
Daniel Boone

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Our expedition mapped the territory from Missouri to Oregon Territory. We crossed the Rocky Mountains and reached the Pacific Ocean. Who are we?

Zebulon Pike
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Boone
Lewis and Clark

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This land was bought from France by Thomas Jefferson.  It doubled the size of the United States.

Annexation of Texas
Oregon Treaty
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase (1803)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Thomas Jefferson’s idea of Manifest Destiny?

We would all live in peace in the United States
The United States would span from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Our country would become the strongest country in the World.
Everyone would have food and water.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This land was purchased from Spain in 1819, for $5,000,000.  It was important for the United States to purchase this land because Seminole Indians were raiding settlements in the United States and runaway slaves were using the area for escape.  Which land acquisition is being described?

Louisiana Purchase
Annexation of Texas
Florida Purchase
Northwest Territory

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This area was explored by Lewis and Clark, but was claimed by four different countries.  Eventually, a treaty was drafted to divide this land between Britain and the United States.  The 49 ° parallel from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains became the boundary line.  What land acquisition is being described?

Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
Mexican Cession
Annexation of Texas

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