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Early Westward Expansion: 1775 - 1812

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Introduction:
"This quiz covers the early part of American expansion into the western frontier. Good luck."


1. What newly acquired piece of land were Lewis and Clark sent to explore?
    Louisiana Purchase
    Oregon Country
    Indiana Territory
    New England Colonies


2. Daniel Boone was an early pioneer who settled in Kentucky in what year?
    1910
    1775
    1865
    1620


3. The longest canal in the Americas was built in the United States in the early 1800s and was known as what?
    The National Road
    Fulton's Folly
    Erie Canal
    Panama Canal


4. Robert Fulton piloted up the Hudson River in his side-wheeled steamboat named the _____________ ?
    Titanic
    Clermont
    Maine
    Eagle


5. Daniel Boone found the Cumberland Gap that ran through the Appalachian Mountains to what state?
    Georgia
    Virginia
    Ohio
    Kentucky


6. What has the area of land called that is north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River which was given to the United States after the Revolutionary War?
    New England
    Louisiana Purchase
    Northwest Territory
    Indian Country


7. The early fur-trappers who roamed the west in search of beaver pelts where known by what term?
    Cowboys
    French Explorers
    Mountain Men
    Pioneers


8. John Chapman was known by what name?
    Johnny Appleseed
    John Marshall
    John Wayne
    John Dunn


9. In 1805, this army officer was sent by the U.S. Government to find the source of the Mississippi River.
    Zebulon Pike
    Sam Houston
    John Astor
    George Custer


10. What transported goods across the Allegheny mountains to the frontier?
    Stage Coach
    Prairie Schooner
    Conestoga Wagon
    Oxen Wagon


11. In 1794, the United States and Great Britain signed Jay's Treaty which tried to settle problems in what area of the U.S.?
    Louisiana Purchase
    Southern Colonies
    Northwest Territory
    Texas


12. The Battle of Fallen Timbers in northwestern Ohio was fought between the Americans and ____________.
    British
    American-Indians
    French
    Mexico


13. In 1790, the United States shared territory east of the Mississippi with this country;
    Great Britain
    Spain
    France
    Italy


14. In 1793, Eli Whitney devised a machine that revolutionized Southern agriculture and allowed Southern farmers to expand cotton production.
    Steam Engine
    Cotton Mill
    Harvester
    Cotton Gin


15. The expansion of white settlers into the Northwest Territory was met with resistance by the American-Indians. The most significant conflict to white settlement came from this Shawnee warrior:
    Tecumseh
    Sitting Bull
    Cochise
    Geronimo


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