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Westward Expansion Test

Quiz by Michelle Kruse

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22 questions
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  • Q1
    The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
    Lewis and Clark
    United States Territory
    Louisiana Purchase
    30s
  • Q2
    People who are the first to explore or settle a new land or area.
    Lewis and Clark
    Pioneers
    49ers
    30s
  • Q3
    Explorers who led an expedition to make maps of the Louisiana Territory.
    Zebulon Pike
    Lewis and Clark
    Marquette and Joliet
    30s
  • Q4
    Spreading out or growing larger.
    Expansion
    Expedition
    Treaty
    30s
  • Q5
    A journey or voyage made to explore a new place.
    Expedition
    Treaty
    Expansion
    30s
  • Q6
    A written agreement between two countries.
    Treaty
    Expedition
    Expansion
    30s
  • Q7
    A deep, wide, man-made ditch that connected cities with no rivers.
    Lake
    Erie Canal
    Pond
    30s
  • Q8
    A mail delivery system where riders on ponies carried mail across the west.
    Flat boat
    Pony Express
    Steamboat
    30s
  • Q9
    A boat powered by steam invented by Robert Fulton.
    Cruise ship
    Steamboat
    Flatboat
    30s
  • Q10
    An electronic machine used for sending message using Morse Code.
    Horse
    Telegraph
    Telephone
    30s
  • Q11
    Is the steamboat a form of transportation or communication?
    Transportation
    Communication
    30s
  • Q12
    Is the Pony Express a form of transportation or communication?
    Communication
    Transportation
    30s
  • Q13
    Is the Erie Canal a form of transportation or communication?
    Communication
    Transportation
    30s
  • Q14
    Is the telegraph a form of transportation or communication?
    Transportation
    Communication
    30s
  • Q15
    An electronic machine used for sending messages using Morse Code.
    Horse
    Telephone
    Telegraph
    30s

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