US History Unit 2 Review

Manifest Destiny was ...

• the belief that God wanted Americans to rule all of North America

• a law that gave United States citizen to take land away from Native Americans

• a treaty that gave half of Mexico's land to the United States after the Mexican-American War

• a song written to encourage American's to fight in the American Revolution.

Which of these are reasons Americans decided to "Go West"? Choose all the correct answers!

• There were diamonds in the mountains out West.

• Gold was discovered in California

• There were more opportunities for poor people to make money

• It was safer to live in the West than it was to live in the East

• There were too many people in the East

Many people (a)   moving West, but they did it anyway. They wanted a better life for their families.

Which of these were important things that happened in Andrew Jackson's presidency? (Click all the correct answers)

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Mexican-American War

• The Bank War

• The Trail of Tears

• The Abolition Movement began

In your own words, tell me what the Reform Movement was about.

Which of these people were famous Abolitionists? (Choose all the correct answers)

• Catherine Beecher

• Frederick Douglass

• Dorothea Dix

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

Click all the reasons the South left the United States. (Choose all the correct answers)

• They didn't like that they had less railroad lines than the North.

• They needed slavery to run their economy.

• They wanted each state to get to decided for themselves if they wanted to the slave or free (popular sovereignty).

• They didn't like that all the slaves were living in the South, and they wanted to get rid of them.

• They were unhappy that Abraham Lincoln was president because he wanted to end slavery.

A Civil War is ...

• a war about slavery

• when people from the same country fight against each other

• a type of war that does not happen anymore

• when people of different religions fight against each other

Click all the advantages of the North/Union in the Civil War. (Choose all the right answers)

• Good transportation

• Good military leaders

• More factories

• Better economy

• Home field advantage

Click all the advantages of the South/Confederacy in the Civil War. (Choose all the right answers)

• More food

• Better military leaders

• Home field advantage

• Fighting to save their way of life

• More people