Westward Expansion

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest destiny

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America.

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Which of the following is NOT a reason for going west: Land opportunities, Gold, Economic troubles on east coast and foreign nations, To convert all the natives to Christianity?

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To convert all the natives to Christianity

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest destiny

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The primary goal of manifest destiny was

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expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

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Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans? NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty, NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers, NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills, NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

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NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated from white pioneers

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What was the name of the time period where people from all over flocked to California in search for gold?

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The Gold Rush

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What was built to connect the east coast with the west coast?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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What were the lands where Native Americans were forced to live called? Options: Reservations, Compounds, Concentration Camps, Summer Camp

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Reservations

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-law that offered free land to American citizens and immigrants who were willing to start new farms on the Great Plains

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Homestead Act