US History to 1877 - Westward Expansion
Multiple-Choice Exercise
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Choose the correct answer for each question.
What event under Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States?
- Virginia Plan
- Panama Canal
- Louisiana Purchase
- Articles of Confederation
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored what territory?
- Panama
- Louisiana
- Florida
- Georgia
Who gave Florida to the United States through a treaty?
- Spain
- France
- England
- Portugal
What state was added after it became an independent republic?
- Mississippi
- Georgia
- Texas
- New Mexico
What state became part of the United States as the result of a war with Mexico?
- California
- Texas
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
What provided cheaper and faster transportation to the Great Lakes area?
- Erie Canal
- Oregon Trail
- Panama Canal
- Santa Fe Trail
The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country became known as _____.
- National Industries
- California Gold Rush
- Transportation Act
- Manifest Destiny
Who invented a machine that allowed cotton to be cultivated faster than by hand?
- Cyrus McCormick
- Robert Fulton
- Eli Whitney
- Thomas Jefferson
Who invented the reaper that increased productivity of the American farmer?
- Anderson and McCormick
- Whitney and Fulton
- Jefferson and Adams
- Washington and Henry
Who improved the steamboat that provided faster river transportation?
- Robert Fulton
- Cyrus McCormick
- Patrick Henry
- Jo Anderson