Westward Expansion

Manifest Destiny

• God's Will

• Empire of Liberty

• Obvious Fate

• Meant to be

Why did Americans support the Louisiana Purchase

• Cheap land

• Farmland

• Manifest Destiny

• Increased population

Who did America gain Florida from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Canada

Who did the United States gain the Louisiana Territory from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Mexico

Texas gained it's independence from ______, before joining the US.

• France

• Spain

• Great Britain

• Mexico

Life on the Oregon Trail is...

• Peachy

• Harsh

• Full of disease

• Filling

What happened in 1830?

• Declaration of Independence

• Echota Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Indian Removal Act

What happened when the Cherokee's fought back

• Saved their land

• Died

• Trail of Tears

• Louisiana Purchase

How many of the 17,000 Cherokee's died on the Trail of Tears.

• 4,000

• 3,000

• 6,000

• 5,000

What was different about the Cherokee compared to other Native tribes?

• They had a government that fought back

• They took on "white" ways of life

• The weren't forced on the Trail of Tears

• They voluntarily moved