American History Westward Expansion 1st Half

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this lef 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

What is the Pony Express?

• The name of a horse
• A new town
• A way to deliver mail
• A horse race

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civillization ACt 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

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

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation

Which of the following secured ownership of America's largest river?

• Texas Revolution
• The Oregon Territory
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Adams-Onis Treaty