"Heading West" Review

Question 1

People faced many dangers on their journey to the west, including bad weather, diseases, and difficult terrain.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

How was Sacagawea able to help the expedition?

Accepted Answer

She taught the men how to collect edible plants

Question 3

What was the Indian Citizen Act?

Accepted Answer

It gave Native Americans citizenship and the right to vote

Question 4

What is TRUE about the Mexican-American war?

Accepted Answer

The Mexican army outnumbered the American army, but the Americans won

Question 5

What coin was Sacagawea featured on?

Accepted Answer

Dollar Coin

Question 6

What was the Indian Removal Act?

Accepted Answer

An act that forced the removal of tribes

Question 7

The Battle of the Alamo was between Texas and which country?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 8

What did women pioneers do in the West?

Accepted Answer

Take care of household chores and children

Question 9

Native American images being used for sports team mascots is still an issue to this day.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Why was Sacagawea important to the expedition?

Accepted Answer

She was an interpreter on the expedition

Question 11

The U.S. declared war on Mexico first.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Sacagawea died before the expedition ended.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Who was the President during the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

James K. Polk

Question 14

A treaty was signed in 1803 to make the Louisiana Territory part of France.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Children were put to work as young as 4 years old.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What state had a major port city that was used for trade?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 17

What trail allowed people to move west in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Oregon Trail

Question 18

Where did the Lewis and Clark expedition first take place in May 1804?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 19

How did the crew begin their travel on the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Accepted Answer

By boats roped together

Question 20

Native American tribes were not affected by "Manifest Destiny"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

The Texans did not like Mexican General Santa Anna, so they rebelled.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Who was the President who approved the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 23

Why did Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Bonaparte needed to pay debts for France

Question 24

The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Why was the "Gold Rush" important?

Accepted Answer

It increased population in the west

Question 26

When boys turned 7 or 8, what did they do for work?

Accepted Answer

Helped hunt animals for food

Question 27

Where did the "Gold Rush" take place?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 28

What was one of the largest money-makers in the West?

Accepted Answer

Fur trading

Question 29

Which of the following is TRUE about the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

It gave the U.S. control of the New Orleans port

Question 30

Who was the General who took control of the Mexican government?

Accepted Answer

Santa Anna

Question 31

What is TRUE about the Battle of the Alamo?

Accepted Answer

The Mexican army won

Question 32

How old was Sacagawea when she was enslaved in North Dakota?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 33

What was "Manifest Destiny"?

Accepted Answer

The belief that the U.S. should expand

Question 34

Lewis and Clark discovered new plants and animals on their expedition.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored which area of land?

Accepted Answer

The Louisiana Territory

Question 36

Texans never gained independence from Mexico.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

President Polk considered Zachary Taylor a great U.S. General.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

What is TRUE about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. gained 55% of the Mexican land

Question 39

What was the Indian Civil Rights Act?

Accepted Answer

It gave Native Americans their rights as citizens

Question 40

What was the lifestyle of Sacajawea's tribe?

Accepted Answer

They moved around throughout the year

Question 41

Who was the President who signed the Indian Removal Act?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 42

Lewis and Clark brought weapons to fight against indigenous people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

When she was a teenager, Sacagawea was forced to marry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Which territory were the U.S. and Mexico at war for?

Accepted Answer

Texas

Question 45

Children in the West never ended up going to school.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

Which Texan leader believed they should not fight the Mexican army?

Accepted Answer

Sam Houston

Question 47

How did the indigenous people help the settlers who moved west?

Accepted Answer

By teaching them to plant crops and herbs for medicine

Question 48

The 14th Amendment gave Native Americans rights too.

Accepted Answer

False

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