EL US Frontier Quiz

The forced removal of the Cherokee from their homeland.

• Wounded Knee

• The Trail of Tears

• The Frontier

• Reservations

What are some ways the US Government tried to 'Americanize' the American Indians? Check all that apply.

• Sent native children to boarding schools

• Taught native children English

• Divided land up on reservations for individual ownership

• Gave native children 'American' names.

The belief that god wanted the United States to expand to the west coast, so Americans could spread their culture, religion, and values.

• Westward Expansion

• Pioneers

• Manifest Destiny

• Reservations

Which of the following examples shows how the United States achieved the idea of manifest destiny. Choose all that apply.

• The US went to war with other countries for land, such as the Mexican War.

• The US bought land from other countries, such as the Louisiana Purchase from France.

• The US made treaties with other countries, such as the treaty with Great Britain to share the Oregon Territory.

• The US moved Native Americans onto reservations and took their tribal land.

Which of the following shows the positive impact of manifest destiny on the United States. Choose all that apply.

• The US expanded from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• The US gained new resources, such as gold, from the land that they gained.

• The US gained new land for farming.

• The US became a more powerful nation as it expanded.

Which of the following show the negative impact of manifest destiny on the United States. Choose all that apply.

• Many Native Americans were killed, like at Wounded Knee and in the Trail of Tears.

• Native Americans lost their land and were forced to move onto reservations, like the Cherokee in the Trail of Tears.

• The US went to war with other countries, like Mexico, to gain land.

• Many resources were destroyed by the early pioneers, such as the buffalo being hunted almost to extinction.

Which territory did the US gain through War? Choose all that apply.

• The Mexican Cession

• Texas

• The original United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

• Oregon

Which territory did the US gain through purchase? Choose all that apply.

• Louisiana from France

• Gadsen from Mexico

• Alaska from Russia

• Oregon from Great Britain

Which territories did the US gain by treaties? Choose all that apply.

• Florida (treaty with Spain)

• Oregon (treat with Great Britain)

• Hawaii

What are some reasons why American pioneers wanted to move west? Choose all that apply.

• Better farmland available

• Gold and other resources

• Sense of adventure

• To have a better life.