Westward Expansion

The Missouri Compromise ...

• Allowed Missouri in as a free state

• Allowed Missouri in as a slave state

• Divided the state in half

• None of the above

The idea that Americans had the right to move West was known as...

• The Awakening

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The industrial revolution

• Manifest Destiny

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed

• African Americans the right to vote

• Kansas and Nebraska to choose if they should be free or slave

• The people to vote on whether the state should be free or slave

• Whether or not slavery should be illegal in all states

The Adams-Onis treaty

• Gave Florida to the U.S.

• Stole land from Mexico

• Stole land from Spain

• Was the result of a war

What did the railroad systems transport?

• Animals and people

• Slaves

• Goods and People