Manifest Destiny (U.S. Expansion)

Manifest ______ was the _______ in the 1800s that America should expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean for land & resources and the profit of a growing population.

• Fate, belief

• Fortune, policy

• Doom, policy

• Destiny, belief

What term best fits this definition: In the 1700s/1800s, the shift from manual labor (muscle power) to mechanical power (machines) leading to the mass production of goods & in increase in population & cities.

• Manifest Destiny

• Reservations

• Industrial Revolution

• Annexation

What term best fits this definition: Land controlled by different Native American tribes based on treaties. Many tribes forced from their original land onto these smaller areas after conflict with U.S.

• Manifest Destiny

• Reservations

• Treaty

• Annexation

What term best fits this definition: The law allowed the U.S. president to make treaties directly with tribes to exchange their land in the East for unsettled territory on reservations west of the Mississippi in present-day Oklahoma.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Indian Removal Act

• Treaty of Paris

• Homestead Act

What term best fits this definition: A formal agreement between two or more countries and/or peoples. Often to resolve disputes/conflicts.

• Manifest Destiny

• Reservations

• Treaty

• Annexation

What group of people were the original inhabitants of North America including hundreds of distinct cultures and histories who likely migrated from Asia (Siberia) over 15,000 years ago.

• Native Americans

• 49ers

• American pioneers

• Loggers

After the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis & Clark expedition was trying to...

• Conquer Native American tribes in the west and map the land

• Find & map a route to the Pacific to help U.S. expansion

• Explore the territory they just won from Spain

• Find a place to make reservations for Native Americans

After fighting & winning the War of 1812 against the British & their Native American allies, the U.S. was...

• Unable expand west into Indian lands

• Able to control/settle its territory East of the Mississippi

• Able to invade & take over British Canada

• Unable to find more land for its growing population

Starting with the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the U.S. began forcing eastern Native American tribes like the Cherokee onto reservations on what became known as the...?

• Reservation Trail

• California Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

The following groups mostly BENEFITED from Manifest Destiny by gaining access to land, resources, & more freedom in the West EXCEPT:

• 49ers & loggers

• Pioneers & entrepreneurs

• Mormons & women/minorities

• Native Americans & Mexicans