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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 9

Westward Expansion

Manifest Destiny and its costs

What your child practices

Manifest Destiny, Indian removal and the Trail of Tears, Texas and the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush and the transcontinental railroad, told accurately for the people who moved and the nations who lost their lands.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: G2.6-8.8; H2.6-8.6; G1.6-8.5; H1.6-8.6 · westward expansion, Indian removal and migration, 1801–1869

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Where were removed nations forced to go?

    • Canada
    • Washington Territory
    • Florida
    • Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma

  2. Question 2

    Manifest Destiny was the belief that…

    • Native nations would rule the West
    • The US should rule Europe
    • The US was meant to expand across North America
    • The US should stay small

  3. Question 3

    Chinese immigrants came to California in the 1850s and 1860s to…

    • Work in gold fields and build the Central Pacific Railroad
    • Farm cotton
    • Fight in the Revolution
    • Govern the state

  4. Question 4

    The Mexican-American War (1846–1848) ended with Mexico giving up…

    • Oregon
    • Florida
    • Texas only
    • California and much of the Southwest

  5. Question 5

    Texas declared independence from Mexico in…

    • 1776
    • 1865
    • 1836
    • 1912

  6. Question 6

    Why did westward expansion increase tension over slavery?

    • The West banned all farming
    • Slavery ended in 1820
    • Each new territory raised the question of whether it would be free or slave
    • No new states were added

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