Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

What people group is most abused in the American movement to the West? 

• African Americans
• Mexicans
• Native Americans
• Irish Imigrants

Supreme Court ruling that declared that only the federal government, and not the states, could enforce laws on the Indian Tribes

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Scott v. Sandford

• Worcester v. Georgia

Which of the following best describes the policies Andrew Jackson had towards Native Americans?

• He wanted them to relocate to the West so Americans could acquire their land
• He wanted them to enlist in the US military
• He wanted to see their cultures thrive in the Southeast US
• He encouraged them to relocate to the North near the US/Canada border

Besides doubling the size of the nation, what else did the Louisiana Purchase do?

• Increased our Natural resources and angered the Indians.
• Made friends with the Indians and increased trade.
• Forced France to leave America forever.
• Took the Mississippi River away from Spain.

How did Napoleon finance his war with Britian?

• He borrow money from Spain.
• He borrowed money from Germany.
• He sold bonds to Austria to make enough money.
• He sold the Louisiana Territory to America.

With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand ___.

• to the north
• to the south
• to the west
• to the east

What was the most permanent effect of the Gold Rush?

• Everyone developed tumors from the water

• California went to war with Texas

• Everyone left California for Mexico

• Immigration in California caused diversity

The forced march of Cherokee to relocate in Oklahoma was known as the __________ because so many suffered and died along the way.

• Trail of Tears
• Walk of Shame
• Indian Removal Plan
• universal suffrage