Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion

Lifeline Review

V1:

judicial review

The power of a court to review a law for constitutionality.

What happens if...

• the court decides that the law is unconstitutional they can toss it out.

• the court decides the law is constitutional, it stays a law.

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court has the right of ___________________________.

• judicial review

• laissez-faire

• Indian Removal Act

S1:

Know the significance of The Louisiana Purchase. 

(e.g. Lewis and Clark Expedition, etc.).

Big Deal

• Doubled the size of the United States.

• Strengthened the country economically.

• Encouraged people to move west.

Multiple Select

What was the biggest impact of the Louisiana Purchase?

Check all that apply.

• Doubled (x2) the land size of America

• encouraged people to move west

• started a war

Lewis and Clark

• Hired to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Goal was to find the "other side"

• Enlisted the help of Sacagawea (Shoshone woman) as a translator and guide

Multiple Choice

Who was Sacagawea?

• A young slave who Lewis and Clark met in St. Louis

• A Shoshone woman who helped guide the explorers Lewis and Clark.

• A mountain man who showed the explorers how to trap wild game.

• An Indian chief who traded goods with Lewis and Clark.

S2:

Know the causes of the “Trail of Tears.”

The forceful removal of Native people from the Southern US.

Why?

• Southern farmers wanted Native land.

• Indian Removal Act - allowed for the "exchange" of lands in Oklahoma for the Native lands

Multiple Choice

The _______________ was the forceful removal of Native Americans from the Southern United States after the passing of the Indian Removal Act.

• Trail of Tears

• Walk of Shame

S3:

Know the following groups of people: Texans, Mormons, Forty-niners.

Texans

• Texas was part of Mexico but wanted to be independent

• They asked the US to help them out

• During the Mexican/American war the Texans helped defend the border

Multiple Choice

Who asked for help from the US, so they could separate from Mexico?

• Texans

• Forty-niners

Mormons

• Religious group that suffered persecution despite the 1st Amendment right of Freedom of Religion

• Left Illinois for Utah became known as the Mormon Trail.

Multiple Choice

What basic 1st Amendment right was not protected by officials where the Mormons were persecuted?

• Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of Press

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom of Religion

Forty-niners

• People who sought gold during the California Gold Rush

• (named for the year they began to arrive in California, 1849)

Multiple Choice

What were the forty-niners looking for?

• Gold

• God

• Glory

S4:

Know the major causes and effects of The Mexican-American War.

(e.g. manifest destiny and its fulfillment)

Manifest Destiny

• the belief that Americans were meant to settle the West

• President Polk used it as an excuse to start the Mexican American War

• Mexico surrendered a lot of land after they lost the war.

• A lot of Americans took this as a sign the Manifest Destiny was true, that they were meant to settle the West.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would most likely be a strong believer in Manifest Destiny?

• The owner of a textile factory in the Northeast

• A slave on a southern plantation

• A Native American

• A farmer wanting to obtain new land in the West

C1:

Understand the background and consequences of The Louisiana Purchase, The California Gold Rush, and The Mexican-American War. 

The Louisiana Purchase

• President Jefferson bought the "west" from France DOUBLing the size of the US.

• Pro - US gained control of the Mississippi River and ports for trade

• Con - people started to move west and Native tribes were displaced

Multiple Choice

What did the United States gain from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?

• new forests for logging

• rich fishing areas in the Great Lakes

• control of the Mississippi River and its trading ports

• valuable coal reserves in western Pennsylvania

The California Gold Rush

• 1 guy found Gold really easily after the Mexican/American War

• Word spread and everyone moved west to find gold

• Pro - people moved west and the economy grew

• Con - most people who joined the Gold Rush NEVER found gold

Multiple Choice

Most people became rich during the Gold Rush.

• True

• False

The Mexican-American War

• Conflict between Mexico and the US over land

• Pro - US gained the southwest and texas

• Con - the US started the fight because of Manifest Destiny

Multiple Choice

Why did the President Polk start the war with Mexico?

• To fulfill Manifest Destiny

• They disagreed over the border

C2:

Understand the successes and failures of the Jefferson Presidency.

(judicial review, laissez faire).

Jefferson's Presidency

• Laissez faire - The belief that the government should play a small role in the economy.

• Result - fail, poor economy

• Judicial Review - courts can oversee law making to insure they follow the constitution

• Result - success, checks and balances in action

Multiple Choice

According to ____________________ the government should play a small role in the economic affairs of the country.

Louisiana Purchase

laissez-faire

Judicial Review

• Louisiana Purchase

• Judicial Review

• laissez-faire

C3:

Understand the successes and failures of the Jackson Presidency. 

Jackson's Presidency

• Economy - raised taxes to pay off the National Debt

• Result - limited success, only lasted for 1 year

• Indian Removal Act - opened Native land to settlement in exchange for land in Oklahoma

• Result - epic FAIL, ended with the Trail of Tears and set the standard for Native relations :(

Multiple Choice

Many Americans supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 because it .

Check all that apply.

• arrested Native Americans for their attacks on whites.

• opened Native American land for settlement by white farmers.

• caused the trail of tears.

• forced Native Americans to convert to Christianity.