Manifest Destiny Mini-Review

What term did Americans use to explain "their belief that it was their divine right for European Americans to own all the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific?"

• Republicanism

• Supremacy

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

What was a cause of United States involvement in the War of 1812?

• Great Britain was breaking all alliances with Native Americans.

• The Embargo Act of 1807 created tension with France and the United States.

• The United States was upset over the impressment of sailors by the British

• Great Britain and France were forming an alliance to control the Atlantic.

Why was North Carolina called the Rip Van Wrinkle state in the early 1800's?

• A famous author wrote a novel about the state.

• It was nicknamed after the governor who brought great change.

• North Carolina was poor, rural and conservative.

• A famous author wrote a novel about the state.

What officially ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California

• Treaty of Spain

• Complete conquest of Mexico

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris

How did Andrew Jackson justify passing the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• He gave Native Americans money and power in exchange for land.

• He needed free Native American labor to work the gold mines.

• Native Americans wanted to move West anyways

• He believed that white settlers would bring "civilization" to Native American lands

In 1838, President Martin Van Buren forcibly removed thousands of Cherokees from Georgia and then marched them over 1,200 miles to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). More than 5,000 Cherokee died as a result of the journey. What is this event called?

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• The Great Cherokee Migration of 1838

• Trail of Brotherhood

Name two examples of poor treatment of Native Americans at the hands of the U.S. government.