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US Studies Grade 7: Unit 4 Westward Expansion Review Guide
1st
2nd
3rd
Cherokee travel the Trail of Tears
The War of 1812 disrupts US Trade
Lewis & Clark reach the Pacific Coast
Lewis & Clark
War of 1812
Trail of Tears
2. Put the following land
1st
2nd
3rd
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
3. Put the following events in
1st
2nd
3rd
Gold is discovered in California
Cherokee Travel the Trail of Tears
Louisiana Purchase was made
Louisiana Purchase
Trail of Tears
Gold discovered
4. Put the following events in
1st
2nd
3rd
Cotton Gin
War of 1812
Gold discovered
1.
Put the following events in
order:
acquisitions in order:
order:
order:
War of 1812 Disrupts US Trade
Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
Gold is discovered in California
5. Look at all of your notes and fill in the timeline below with the correct event.
Lewis & Clark reach the Pacific Cotton Gin Louisiana Purchase 6. Who made the Louisiana
Purchase?
Missouri Compromise Monroe war of 1812 A.
Thomas Jefferson
Gold Rush Trail of Tears 7. Who helped lead Lewis and
Clark’s exploration through the
Louisiana Territory?
A.
9. This became a state after its
population increased when the
‘49ers rushed to search for gold.
A.
11. What was the forced migration
of the Cherokee people called?
A.
Sacagawea
8. These people would buy up
lots of land on the frontier
hoping it would increase in
value.
A.
10. Who tried to unite the
Native Americans to resist
white settlement?
A.
12. Give the inventor:
A. Cotton Gin
B. Steel Plow
C. Steam Boat
D. Telegraph
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Robert Fulton
Samuel Morse
Land Speculators
Tecumseh
California
Trail of Tears
13. Feelings of patriotism and
loyalty to country
increased after the War of
1812. This is an example of
what?
15. The idea of Manifest
Destiny suggested the US
was meant to stretch from
the Atlantic Ocean to what?
A.
Nationalism
A.
Pacific Ocean
14. North = Factories South =
Plantations- these regional ideas
and loyalties are examples of
what?
A.
16. This agreement added Maine (free
state) and Missouri (slave state)
and banned slavery in northern
Louisiana Territory.
A.
Sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
17. List three negative aspects
to fulfilling Manifest
Destiny? (What harm did
expanding the US borders
do to others?)
18. Tell how each invention
helped to change the
American way of life. (How
A.
B.
C.
Buffalo herds depleted
Native Americans lose
their lands
Wars/fighting
A. Cotton Gin
B. Interchangeable Parts
C. Steel Plow
Increased the need
for slaves
Speeded up production
times
Farmers able to plow the
thick Midwest soil
19. Industrialization means
changing from making things
by hand to what?
A.
21. Give four reasons why
people migrated west.
A.
Rich farmlands
22. What purchase from France
doubled the size of the
United States?
A.
24. What violent event held
back the Mexican army so
that Sam Houston could
prepare for the Battle of
San Jacinto?
26. Label the trails west: Oregon,
A.
did these inventions make life
easier?)
Machine
Louisiana Purchase
20. The US went to war with
Britain in 1812 because they
tried to prevent what with
France?
B.
Religion
C.
Gold
Mormon, California &
Trade
D.
Trade
23. What US foreign policy was a
warning to European countries
to stop colonization in North &
South America?
A.
Monroe Doctrine
25. The Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo ended which war?
A.
The Battle of the
Alamo
Trail of Tears
A.
The MexicanAmerican War
27. Label the land acquisitions: Louisiana Purchase, Texas
Annexation, Mexican Cession, Florida & Oregon
Territory.
Oregon Territory Oregon Mormon California Mexican Cession Louisiana Purchase Trail of Tears Gadsden Purchase Texas Annexation Florida Cession