Westward Expansion

What was Manifest Destiny?

• the idea that it was God's plan for the US to spread from coast to coast

• the forced removal of Native Americans

• the battle cry of the Mexican-American war

• a new restaurant in town

What did President Thomas Jefferson buy in 1803?

• the Oregon country

• Texas

• the Louisiana Purchase

• The Gadsden Purchase

What did the Louisiana Purchase do?

• made French hats more fashionable

• doubled the size of the United States

• opened up land east of the Mississippi River

• destroyed Jefferson's presidency

Who did we buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

• Spain

• France

• Mexico

• England

What was one of the reasons that Texas want to leave Mexico?

• Texans didn't like Mexican food

• Mexico became independent of Spain

• Mexico was taxing Texas too much

• Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829

President Andrew Jackson signed what law?

• The Indian Act

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Native American Act

• The Cherokee Act

What did the Indian Removal Act say?

• that all Indians had to move west of the Mississippi River to a new Indian Territory

• that all Indians had to convert to Christianity

• that all Indians except the Cherokee had to move west

• that the US government would honor all treaties with Native Americans

The "Five Civilized Tribes" were considered civilized for which reason? Choose more than one.

• They had a constitution modeled on the US Constitution

• they had a written language

• they had given up hunting to become farmers

• they had a newspaper

Who said that the Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional?

• the Cherokee

• Congress

• The Supreme Court

• President Andrew Jackson

What is the name of the forced march of the Cherokee from Georgia to a new Indian Territory?

• The Trail of Misery

• The Forced March

• The Journey of a thousand steps

• The Trail of Tears