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TESTS FOR HIGHER STANDARDS
HISTORY / SOCIAL STUDIES
MINI TEST
Grade 4
United States Studies to 1865
Standard 4-5
Dr. S. Stuart Flanagan, Professor Emeritus
College of William and Mary
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Tests for Higher Standards in History/Social Studies
Grade 4
South Carolina Mini Test
United States Studies to 1865 4-5
Standard 4-5:
The student will demonstrate an
understanding of the westward movement
and its impact on the institution of slavery.
3.
The explorer who helped create
the Wilderness Road through the
Cumberland Gap into Kentucky
was who?
4-5.1
A
B
C
D
Davy Crockett
Meriwether Lewis
George Rogers Clarke
Daniel Boone
4.
The main route to the West was
opened by the early American
frontiersman, Daniel Boone. This
route was called what?
A
B
C
D
Appalachian Trail
Cumberland Trail
Kentucky Road
Wilderness Road
5.
Zebulon Pike is remembered for
his exploration of the upper
Mississippi River, “The Great
American Desert,” and of what?
A
B
C
D
California Trail
Chisholm Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1.
Which men were sent to see if
there was a river route that could
be taken to the Pacific Ocean?
Boone and Crockett
A Lewis and Clark
B Jefferson and Madison
C Pike and Profit
The brave man set out to find the starting
point of the Red River, which was
considered to be part of the southwest
boundary of the Louisiana Territory. He
tried to climb a mountain in the Rockies that
today carries his name.
2.
This selection best describes
who?
A
B
C
D
William Meriwether
Zebulon Pike
George Clark
Daniel Boone
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Grade 4
South Carolina Mini Test
United States Studies to 1865 4-5
6.
Which of the trails shown above
would lead pioneers over dry,
arid territory?
A
B
C
D
California Trail
Lewis & Clark Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
8.
In the 1800s, many settlers went
to California to look for what?
A
B
C
D
good farmland
gold
new jobs
religious freedom
9.
Which of the following was NOT
a reason for westward
expansion?
A
B
population in the east was growing
farmers wanted more and better
land
better economic opportunities
to get closer to the Atlantic Ocean
C
D
4-5.2
7.
A
B
C
D
During the early years of the
nation, many Americans believed
it was their responsibility to
encourage expansion across the
continent and to spread their
way of life. This belief was called
what?
10. The picture above most
accurately represents what?
A
B
C
D
Era of Good Feelings
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
the Homestead Act
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trails westward
Manifest Destiny
Monroe Doctrine
various types of transportation
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United States Studies to 1865 4-5
11. Pioneers traveled to the West in
search of what?
A
B
C
D
15. All of the following are reasons
that settlers moved west in the
1800's EXCEPT what?
gold
farmland
freedom from their pasts
all of the above
A
B
C
D
12. Financial growth based on
slavery, tobacco, moving Native
Americans onto reservations,
war, cheap land, and hard work
BEST describes what?
A
B
C
D
chance of finding gold
cheap available land
plenty of available factory jobs
adventure
16. In the 1800's, many people in the
U.S. believed in the idea of
manifest destiny. This is the
belief that the U.S. should do
what?
colonization period
industrial greed
imperialistic policy
Western expansion
A
B
C
D
expand east to the Atlantic Ocean
expand west to the Pacific Ocean
not add any new states
add amendments to the
Constitution
13. After the American Revolution,
why did people move west?
4-5.3
A
B
C
D
There was not enough space in the
East.
They were looking for a better life.
They were looking for religious
freedom.
They were forced to move.
17. The Louisiana Purchase doubled
the size of the United States
under which President?
A
B
C
D
14. After the American Revolution,
what did the settlers hope to find
by moving west?
A
B
C
D
18. In a treaty with Spain, the United
States gained which lands?
religious freedom
free labor
cheap farmland
golden riches
A
B
C
D
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Lincoln
Jefferson
Monroe
Madison
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Florida and California
Florida and Texas
Florida and other disputed lands
east of the Mississippi River
Florida and the Caribbean island of
Cuba
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
19. How did Texas become a part of
the United States?
A
B
C
D

in a treaty with Spain
after it had won independence from
Mexico
as part of the Louisiana Purchase
as part of the territory captured in
the Mexican War

22. The treaty described above
gained the U.S. land in what
state?
20. Which territorial acquisition
contains mixed shrubs,
grassland, and Pacific coastal
evergreen forest?
A
B
C
D
Spanish power in North America
weakened
The U.S. was able to gain additional
land with the signing of the AdamsOnis Treaty of 1819.
The treaty was also called the
Transcontinental Treaty of 1819
A
B
C
D
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Oregon Territory
Texas Annexation
Arizona
California
Florida
Idaho
23. What doubled the size of the
United States?
A
B
C
D
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave the
United States the territory that included
California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and
Wyoming. This treaty also identified the
U.S.-Mexican border at the Rio Grande.
the Gold Rush
the Civil War
the Louisiana Purchase
the Oregon Trail
21. Which territory acquisition does
this describe?
24. In 1803, the United States
completed the Louisiana
Purchase from what country?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
Oregon Territory
Texas Annexation
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Russia
Spain
France
Great Britain
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4-5.4
28. What war erupted when Native
Americans were found to be
hiding runaway slaves?
25. The Seminole Indians fought
against being removed from their
homeland by the United States.
The Seminole Indians lived in
which area?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
Texas
Tennessee
South Carolina
Florida
29. The discovery of gold on Native
American land in North Carolina
resulted in what?
It was 1838. The white man found gold in
our Georgia lands. We were told to move.
We wouldn’t go. Then they forced all the
Cherokee to move to Indian Territory in the
West. We had to march 800 long and weary
miles. We were never the same.
A
B
C
26. This BEST describes the:
A
B
C
D
D
Trail of Tears
Oregon Trail
Lonely Road
Santa Fe Trail
A
B
C
D
decided in favor of Georgia
decided in favor of the Cherokee
could not decide
declared war on the Indians
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forced journey now called the Trail
of Tears
forced sale of land to wealthy
Native Americans
massacre of Native Americans
living there
Native Americans and miners
sharing the land peacefully
30. The last major conflict between
the United States and Native
Americans, resulting in
Americans controlling the
frontier, was called what?
27. The Cherokee in Georgia said
that they were an independent
nation and that the government
of Georgia had no legal power
within their property. The United
States Supreme Court did what?
A
B
C
D
War of 1812
Seminole Wars
French and Indian War
Mexican War
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Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
Ghost Dancers
Yemassee Massacre
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4-5.5
35. What route would a pioneer most
likely take if he were interested in
mining gold, silver, or copper?
31. The largest group of immigrants
to migrate to the independent
nation of Texas came from which
part of the United States?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
the southern states
the northern states
the western states
the northeastern states
36. Adventurers and fur traders used
a wilderness road, connecting
Missouri and Santa Fe and led to
the California and Colorado gold
fields. This road was called the
what?
32. Settlers looking for more
farmland and opportunities often
took a trail that led across the
Great Plains and the Rockies into
the Northwestern part of the
country. What was this trail
called?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
Santa Fe Trail
Wilderness Road
Taos Trail
Oregon Trail
37. People traveling along the Santa
Fe trail were mainly those people
who were looking for what?
A
B
C
D
Santa Fe Trail
Wilderness Trail
Taos Trail
Oregon Trail
A
B
C
D
California
Lewis & Clark
Oregon
Santa Fe
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new farmland
trading opportunities
a place to raise a family
a place to start a church
38. Which group often acted as
guides as well as messengers
between wagon trains on the
Oregon Trail. They also traded
food for goods from the wagon
trains.
34. The best way for early pioneers
to get across the Rocky
Mountains to Oregon,
Washington, or California was to
take which trail?
A
B
C
D
California Trail
Lewis & Clark Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
4-5.6
33. This route from Missouri to
Santa Fe, New Mexico, was
mainly a trail that was used for
traders more than settlers. This
route was called what?
A
B
C
D
California Trail
Lewis & Clark Trail
Oregon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
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the Spanish
soldiers
American Indians
the French
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United States Studies to 1865 4-5
39. Which of the following
characteristics would NOT have
been descriptive of the typical
traveler on the Oregon Trail?
A
B
C
D
43. Many Mormons moved west in
the 1800's looking for what?
A
B
C
D
determined
strong-willed
lazy
hard working
the Northwest Passage
gold in California
religious freedom
furs from trapping
4-5.7
44. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
banned (did not allow) what in
the Northwest Territory?
40. This sturdy group of settlers who
migrated westward was
dependent for survival upon the
steel plow, the windmill, and
barbed wire. What is the best
name for this group of people?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
cowboys
farmers
migrants
sheep herders
45. Along with the Fugitive Slave
Act, which other decision agreed
that slaves did not have the
rights of free men?
41. The majority of the Chinese who
settled in the United States
during the 1800s came in search
of what?
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
economic opportunity
free or low cost farmland
freedom from a cruel government
gold and other minerals
Dred Scott Decision
Northwest Ordinance
Dunmore Proclamation
Proclamation of 1763
46. The Missouri Compromise of
1820 did not allow slavery north
of the 36/30 line. Which of the
following decision removed this
restriction?
42. The fear of violence and the
desire for economic
independence led many people
into Kansas and Oklahoma (then
called Indian Territory) in search
of new homes. Many were who?
A
B
C
D
Indians
settlement
guns
slavery
A
B
C
D
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
annexation of Texas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
African Americans
Latin Americans
Native American peoples
Northern Europeans
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49. This legislation allowed slavery
and stated that citizens of each
territory would decide the issue
of slavery themselves. This
legislation is called what?
NEW LEGISLATION TOPICS



We will discuss how new states will
be admitted to the Union
We will provide for the rights and
freedoms of our citizens
We will declare that no one born
here will be a slave.
A
B
C
D
47. This BEST describes what?
A
B
C
D
Annexation of Texas
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
48. When Frederick Douglass heard
the decision that all African
Americans were not citizens of
the United States and could be
slaves, he felt this decision
would bring a national movement
to end slavery. What was this
decision?
A
B
C
D
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
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