What was the main reason settlers moved west in the 19th century according to the text?
Settlers Moving West in the 19th Century

Passage
•
Social Studies
•
8th Grade
•
Hard
Jamie DeLeeuw
FREE Resource
12 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To escape political conflicts in the eastern half of the United States.
A tough economy and the promise of a rich and exciting future.
To follow the expedition of Zebulon Pike.
Because of the overcrowding in the eastern cities.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What concept, mentioned in the text, is characterized by a self-reliant independence and influenced the American national self-image?
Manifest Destiny
Individualism
Mountain Men
Opening the West
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who were the 'mountain men' referred to in the text?
Settlers who moved to the West to start agricultural farms.
Politicians who promoted the idea of Manifest Destiny.
Fur trappers and explorers in the wilderness of the West.
Merchants who established trade routes across the West.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During what time period did trappers meet with fur traders at temporary markets according to the text?
From about 1806 to 1825
From about 1825 to 1840
From about 1840 to 1855
From about 1855 to 1870
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of a rendezvous in the context of the Westward expansion?
A social gathering for settlers and explorers
A place to sell and buy goods and supplies
A military strategy meeting point
A religious meeting for settlers
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following mountain men became the first white American to travel overland from the East to California and back?
Kit Carson
Jedediah Smith
Jim Beckwourth
John O'Sullivan
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Jim Beckwourth discover in 1850 that was significant for settlers traveling to northern California?
A gold mine
A river route
A mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada
A new method of transportation
Create a free account and access millions of resources
Similar Resources on Quizizz
12 questions
Unit 5 Vocab - Westward Expansion

Quiz
•
8th Grade
16 questions
Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

Quiz
•
8th Grade
11 questions
Westward Expansion

Quiz
•
8th Grade
15 questions
Westward Expansion

Quiz
•
4th Grade - University
12 questions
Chapter 1 American West

Quiz
•
8th Grade
14 questions
U8: Westward Expansion Vocab Quiz

Quiz
•
8th Grade
17 questions
Westward Expansion Quiz

Quiz
•
3rd Grade - University
15 questions
Manifest Destiny

Quiz
•
8th Grade
Popular Resources on Quizizz
25 questions
Equations of Circles

Quiz
•
10th - 11th Grade
30 questions
Week 5 Memory Builder 1 (Multiplication and Division Facts)

Quiz
•
9th Grade
33 questions
Unit 3 Summative - Summer School: Immune System

Quiz
•
10th Grade
10 questions
Writing and Identifying Ratios Practice

Quiz
•
5th - 6th Grade
36 questions
Prime and Composite Numbers

Quiz
•
5th Grade
14 questions
Exterior and Interior angles of Polygons

Quiz
•
8th Grade
37 questions
Camp Re-cap Week 1 (no regression)

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
46 questions
Biology Semester 1 Review

Quiz
•
10th Grade