Manifest Destiny Vocabulary Quiz (F&L)

A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined by God to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

• Manifest Destiny

• Treaty of Ghent

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

• Ohio River Valley

1804 excursion sent by President Jefferson to explore the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Ohio River Valley

a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)

• Sacagawea

• Tecumseh

• Geronimo

• Lil Feather

A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark

• Tecumseh

• Geronimo

• Sitting Bull

• Sacagawea

wrote the Star Spangled Banner

• Alicia Keys

• Francis Scott Key

• Thomas Jefferson

• Frank Underwood

Treaty that ended the War of 1812 and maintained prewar conditions

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of 1812

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of England

US v Britain:fought over trade restrictions caused by British-French war; the impressment of American sailors, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion

• French and Indian War

• Battle of New Orlando

• War of 1812

• Impressment

Which term means 'system where the national government shares power with state governments'?

• propose
• republican
• federalism
• execute

What system prevents any branch from having too much power? 

• Power Balance
• Checks and Balances
• Constitutional Convention
• Power Checks