Westward Expansion

Which inventiion made it possible for people and goods to travel across the country in just one week?

• Covered Wagon

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Cars

Why did people rush to California in 1849?

• for land

• for cattle

• for gold

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

Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 

• being sued by someone else
• suing for his freedom
• being in the military
• being a famous doctor

What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

• Slavery Is Illegal

• Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

• No One Should be a Slave or Own Slaves.

• People with Slaves Should be Prosecuted

What Were The Effects Of The Dred Scott Decision?

• Pro-Slavery Advocates Were Happy

• All Slaves Were Free

• Anti-Slavery Advocates Were Agitated

• Slavery Continued For the Next 100 Years

What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?

• Fugitive Dog Acts
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Abolition Act of 1850
• I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• Being popular in the world
• People voting and having a say in the governments decisions
• People voting
• The act of the 20th admendment and it’s rules.

What territory did the United States acquire after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Mexican Cession
• Oregon Territory
• 13 Colonies
• Ohio River Valley

What was the main reason the United States went to war with Mexico?

• Border dispute of Texas
• Annexation of Texas 
• Building of railroads in Mexican Territory
• Slaves running away into Mexican Territory