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Curriculum & Standards
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 13 Assessment:
Moving West
SAMPLE
Who was president of the United States during the War of 1812?
A.
Andrew Jackson
B.
Thomas Jefferson
C.
James Madison
D.
John Quincy Adams
A.
B.
C.
D.
History-Social Science Fifth Grade Chapter 13 Assessment
Why was the South Pass important to westward
settlement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
California Standards HSS 5.3, 5.4, 5.8
Use the map to answer question #6.
It connected the Great Lakes and the Atlantic
Ocean.
It provided a route across the Rocky
Mountains.
It provided a route across the Appalachian
Mountains.
It provided a water route across North
America.
Which trail did John C. Frémont map?
A.
B.
C.
D.
California Trail
Mormon Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Which of these cities always has a later clock time
than Chicago?
Where did Brigham Young take his Mormon
followers to practice their religion freely?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the Oregon Country
the Great Salt Lake valley
Texas
the Gadsden Purchase area
By the mid-1800s, many people in the United States
believed that the nation should stretch all the way
from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Which of these terms best describes this belief that
Americans had?
assimilation
manifest destiny
due process of law
patriotism
D.
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Gold was discovered there.
California became a state.
The transcontinental railroad was
completed.
The Mexican-American War started.
What was an effect of the railroads?
B.
to increase settlement in the region
to force out American Indians
to weaken the United States
to decrease the Mexican population
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A.
B.
C.
A.
Why did the Mexican government give land grants in
Texas?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Washington, D.C.
Houston
Which event in 1848 caused waves of people to
travel to California?
Use the boxed information to answer question #4.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
C.
D.
People settled away from the railroads to
escape the noise.
Trains moved raw materials from the North
to factories in the South.
Overland wagon service increased to
compete with the railroads.
Many cities and towns grew near railroad
stops.
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade Chapter 13 Assessment
Use the map to answer questions 9-12.
California Standards HSS 5.3, 5.4, 5.8
What was the purpose of the Underground
Railroad?
A.
B.
C.
D.
to help runaway slaves reach free states
to provide a transportation link between
coasts
to abolish slavery
to help immigrants settle in western lands
Which of these ethnic groups made up the majority
of California's population before 1840?
A.
B.
C.
D.
German people
Irish people
Californios
English people
Name the region.
Use the boxed information to answer question #15.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon Territory, 1846
Texas Annexation, 1845
Mexican Cession, 1848
Gadsden Purchase, 1853
After Texas won its independence from Mexico, the
United States refused to annex Texas.
What does the word annex mean in the sentence
above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Name the region.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon Territory, 1846
Texas Annexation, 1845
Mexican Cession, 1848
Gadsden Purchase, 1853
Which of these present-day states became part of
the Unites States as a result of the MexicanAmerican War?
Name the region.
A.
B.
C.
D.
to add on
to form an alliance with
to fight a war against
to trade with
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon Territory, 1846
Texas Annexation, 1845
Mexican Cession, 1848
Gadsden Purchase, 1853
Kentucky
Oregon
Missouri
California
Which of these western trails did pioneers use to
reach New Mexico?
Name the region.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon Territory, 1846
Texas Annexation, 1845
Mexican Cession, 1848
Gadsden Purchase, 1853
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the California Trail
the Mormon Trail
the Oregon Trail
the Santa Fe Trail
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade Chapter 13 Assessment
California Standards HSS 5.3, 5.4, 5.8
Which of these inventions greatly decreased the
amount of time it took immigrants from Europe to
reach the United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
interchangeable parts
steamships
telegraphs
locomotives
Which abolitionist was a former slave and began a
newspaper called the North Star?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What inventor was responsible for creating the
cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Miguel Hidalgo
Eli Whitney
John C. Frémont
Brigham Young
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