Westward Expansion Review

Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?

• Stephen Douglas

• Thomas Jefferson

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

How many Cherokee Indians died on the Trail of Tears?

• 100,000

• 1,000

• 4,000

• 400

The idea of federalism:

• more power is given to Congress and not the states

• power is divided equally between the national government and the state government

• more power is given to the states than the Congress

• power is given to the people to decide on an issue under the idea of popular sovereignty

The idea of Manifest Destiny:

• That no new territories should be added to the nation

• Any unowned territory should be equally divided between Britain and the U.S

• The United States should expand its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• It was important to maintain good relations with U.S. neighbors

What was the effect of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• popular sovereignty led to armed conflict between abolitionists and slave owners

• slaveholders gained the right to establish slavery in those territories

• the extension of slavery into those territories was prohibited

• residents of Kansas and Nebraska were prohibited from considering the issue of slavery

According to the Compromise of 1850, what would the territories of New Mexico and Utah get to choose?

• the people would decide if they would fight in Bleeding Kansas due to the Fugitive Slave Law

• the people would decide if they wanted to extend the Missouri Compromise line of 1820 into their territory

• the people would have popular sovereignty and decide whether they wanted to be a slave state or a free state

• the people would decide if they wanted to repeal the Missouri Compromise line of 1820

Approximately, how many years did women have to fight for their rights?

• 20

• 60

• 80

• 100

What was the major impact of the Louisiana Territory on the United States?

• it would double the size of the United States

• it would allow for slavery in the entire territory

• slavery would not be allowed within the entire territory

• a 36'30 line was made, with slavery above the line and no slavery below the line

What act would mandate the idea of popular sovereignty and allow settlers in the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether slavey would be permitted or not?

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Missouri Compromise of 1820

• the Louisiana Purchase

What are two things that Archibald Murphey promoted?

• improvements in public transportation and improvement of roads

• improvements in public transportation and better jobs in the state

• improvements in public transportation and public education

• improvements in public transportation and a college system built in the state