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