8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 9
Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny and its costs
What your child practices
Jackson and Indian removal, Manifest Destiny, Mexican California and the land grants, Texas and the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush, told accurately for the people who moved and the nations who lost their lands.
California Content Standards learning standard: 8.8.1; 8.8.2; 8.8.4; 8.8.5; 8.8.6 · Jacksonian democracy and Indian removal, westward expansion, water rights, Mexican settlements, and the Texas and Mexican-American wars
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed by…
- George Washington
- Andrew Jackson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Hint: It forced nations west of the Mississippi.
Question 2
Why did so many people move west in the 1840s and 1850s?
- Land, gold and new opportunities
- Because the East was empty
- To join Britain
- To escape the Pacific
Land, gold and new opportunities
Hint: Pull factors.
Question 3
"Push" factors for Irish immigrants in the 1840s included…
- The potato famine
- The Gold Rush
- Free land in Kansas
- Factory jobs
The potato famine
Hint: Over a million died in Ireland.
Question 4
Texas declared independence from Mexico in…
- 1912
- 1836
- 1776
- 1865
1836
Hint: Remember the Alamo.
Question 5
The US bought Alaska from Russia in…
- 1867
- 1776
- 1898
- 1803
1867
Hint: "Seward's Folly."
Question 6
The forced march of the Cherokee to Indian Territory in 1838 is called the…
- Oregon Trail
- Santa Fe Trail
- Trail of Tears
- Pony Express
Trail of Tears
Hint: Thousands died on the way.