Practice Quiz Westward Expansion

Native Americans on the Great Plains feared the increasing flow of American settlers across their hunting grounds would disrupt the age-old wanderings of the

Settlers in Oklahoma were known as __________.

The most popular east-west passage carved out by mountain men and used by emigrants was the

The railroad line from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Francisco, California was known as the _______________.

In 1830 Mexico closed its borders to any further immigration by

When Stephen Austin settled in Texas, the Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the area were called

When Santa Anna’s forces arrived at San Antonio in February 1836, they found over 180 rebels holed up in an abandoned Spanish Catholic mission called

Name the famous Native-American graduate of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School who was also one of the greatest American athletes of all time.

In April 1834, President Santa Anna of Mexico abruptly denounced Mexico’s Constitution of 1824 and made himself

Texas joined the Union in

On February 2, 1848, Mexico’s leaders signed the

By the time the Civil War began, more Americans lived west of the ____________________ than lived in states along the Atlantic coast.

In 1846 a group of 87 overlanders, known as the ____________________ Party after the two brothers who led them, were trapped by winter snows high up in the Sierra Nevada.

Followers of Brigham Young forged their way west along a path that became known as the ____________________ Trail.

A small number of mountain men like Jed ____________________ and Kit Carson made their living by trapping beaver and selling furs, but at the same time they were the trailblazers of the West.