Westward Expansion Part 2

How did westward expansion affect the Native Americans?

• Native Americans did more trading with the pioneers.

• Native Americans shared their land with the pioneers.

• Native Americans were forced to move off of their lands because of the pioneers.

• Pioneers adopted many of the Native Americans ways.

Which law did congress pass which led to the moving of Native Americans off their lands?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Compromise of 1830

• The Fugitive Slave Act

Which statement is not true about the Cherokee tribes?

• They retreated into the swamps of Florida and resisted the Indian Removal Act.

• Some adopted white settlers ways in order to stay on their lands.

• Many went voluntarily to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma.

• Many were forced west on the Trail of Tears.

The Seminole tribe of Florida was known for

• The Trail of Tears

• Living peacefully with the white settlers.

• Their leader John Ross who went to the Supreme Court with their demands.

• Resisting the Indian Removal Act and going to war with the U.S.

The Missouri Compromise did all of the following except which one?

• Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state.

• Allowed Maine to enter as a free state.

• Divided the country into two with the 36 30 parallel line.

• Stated there would be no more states to enter the Union as slave states.

Which law stated if anyone found a runaway slave they must return them to their owner and not try to help or hide them?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Northwest Treaty

• The Returned Slave Act

The Dred Scott Decision determined

• slaves were property and not citizens.

• the Supreme Court was not liable to determine a state's slavery status.

• nothing new about slavery.

• Congress should decide what to do about the issue of slavery.

Which is not true about the Compromise of 1850?

• California entered the Union as a free state.

• The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the compromise.

• Maine entered the Union as a slave state.

• It outlawed the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act ended up causing which of the following?

• All of the new states entering the Union to be free states.

• Fighting between people who wanted the area to allow slavery with those who did not.

• No new states to enter the Union for 9 years.

• The upset of the balance of power between the states in congress.

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The right given by the president to expand the nation from coast to coast.

• The God given right to expand the nation from coast to coast.

• The right to expand the nation from Canada to Mexico.

• The right to expand the nation across the Pacific.