Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

5th Grade

25 Qs

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The river outlined in Blue.

Snake River

Columbia River

Colorado River

Mississippi River

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The river outlined in Pink.

Snake River

Columbia River

Colorado River

Mississippi River

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the boxes above represents the Rocky Mountains?

A

B

C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the main reason people moved westward in the 19th century?

to find adventure and escape overcrowding

to have new economic opportunities

to escape discrimination

all of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Westward Expansion was...

what happened during the gold rush

England's movement west to America

stopped by Native Americans

the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West. It began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and a belief in "manifest destiny."

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The concept of "Manifest Destiny" was used to justify:

The American Revolution

The abolition of slavery

Westward expansion of the United States

The establishment of the first colonies

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did many families with little money move west in the mid-1800s?

There were no taxes

Western land was cheap

There were no laws

The weather was better

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