Westward Expansion Quiz

After the American Revolution, U.S. territory included only about ______ of the land it occupies today.

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/4

• 1/2

How many colonies were there?

• 13

• 15

• 1

• 5

Which port gave the United States access to the Mississippi River?

• Port of New Orleans

• Los Angeles Port

• Port of Hong Kong

• Port of Great Britain

Who led the soldiers that were sent to explore the new land that was purchased in the Louisiana Territory?

• Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

• Thomas Jefferson & William Clark

• Meriwether Lewis & Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson

Who was born into the Shoshone Tribe and was a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark's expedition?

• Sacagawea

• Thomas Jefferson

• York

• John Fremont

Who was the only Black American on the expedition that was born enslaved to Clark's family?

• York

• Sacagawea

• Thomas Jefferson

• Meriwether Lewis

Who did Mexico declare independence from in 1810?

• Spain

• Michigan

• New York

• Italy

Texas was not "empty land." It was occupied by several American Indians.

• True

• False

Settlers that traveled the Oregon Trail dealt with all of the following EXCEPT:

• food scarcity

• no wagon to travel

• physical barriers

• dangerous weather conditions

What were travelers called when a lot of them arrived in 1849?

• "Forty-Niners"

• "Twenty-Niners"

• "boomtowns"

• "Wagoneers"