Westward Expansion

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
• The belief that their destiny was to manifest
• A religious term used to explain how to be saved

Who was affected by the Trail of Tears?

• Native Americans in the Eastern US (Cherokee, Choctow, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole)

• African Americans in the South (Those that were both slaves and free people)

• Immigrants from Eastern Europe (including peoples from Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and Greece)

What were the difficulties of the Oregon Trail?

• Length of the journey
• Disease
• Weather
• All of the above

How many miles and months did Oregon trail take?

• 1,650 miles long took 6 months to travel.
• 3,000 miles long took 8 months to travel.
• 2,000 miles long took 6 months to travel.
• 4,000 miles long took 5 months to travel.

Where did the travellers of the Oregon Trail originally set out from?

• Nebraska
• Idaho
• Wyoming
• Missouri

Who invented the famous cotton gin in the early 20th century?

• Eli Whitney

• Eli Young

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

President Jackson sent soldiers to remove the ____ to the Indian Territory.

• Cherokee
• Iroquois
• Souix
• Red Hawks

The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. should protect the Cherokee and their lands in 

• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Georgia
• Kansas

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma
• to Florida
• to the Louisiana Purchase
• to Canada

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the 

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsen Purchase