Question 1
James K. Polk's belligerent slogan, Fifty-four Forty or Fight, was a reference to U.S. claims to:
A) a Texas border at the Rio Grande.
B) California south to Baja.
C) Oregon to the Russian Alaska boundary.
D) Utah and Nevada.
Question 2
The first major route west followed by Americans was the:
A) Overland Trail.
B) Santa Fe Trail.
C) Oregon Trail.
D) Great Western Road.
Question 3
Which of the following was NOT a reason that the Indians lost the northern half of Indian Territory from the 1820s to the 1850s?
A) faster than expected white westward expansion
B) expanding railroads
C) violent internal Indian warfare
D) pressure from whites seeking for land
Question 4
The expeditions of Lewis and Clark, Pike and Frmont demonstrate that the main force driving western expansion was:
A) the federal government.
B) private business.
C) state governments.
D) individual initiative.