US History Expansion of the United States

The belief that the interests of the nation as a

whole are more important than interests of a region or other countries is called

• nationalism

• sectionalilsm

• democracy

• a republic

The Cherokee Indians horrible march west was known as the

• Indian Removal Act

• Path of Sorrow

• Trail of Tears

• Cherokee Indian Act

Why did the US declare war on Mexico in 1846?

• to gain control of New Mexico and California

• to annex Texas

• because of attacks by Mexicans

Keeping Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of power was known as the

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Maine Compromise

What document declared "men and women are created equal"?

• Declaration of Independence

• Senaca Falls Declaration

• Declaration of Manifest Destiny

The idea that western expansion was a god-given right was an example of

• Divine Intervention

• Social Contract Theory

• the Trail of Tears

• Manifest Destiny

What led the way to the Reform Era?

• The First Great Awakening

• The Second Great Awakening

• The Missouri Compromise

• Senaca Falls Convention

What invention led to a greater need for slave labor in the South?

• The steamship

• The railroads

• The building of the Erie Canal

• The cotton gin

What law was passed to allow white settlers to move into the southeast?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Indian Removal Act

• The 3/5 Compromise

One of the most famous and successful conductors on the Undreground Railroad was

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• Andrew Jackson

• William Lloyd Garrison