The river outlined in Blue.
Westward Expansion

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English
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5th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Snake River
Columbia River
Colorado River
Mississippi River
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The river outlined in Pink.
Snake River
Columbia River
Colorado River
Mississippi River
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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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