Westward Expansion Summative

Why was the Port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Purchase so important to the United States?

• Rivers were cheap transportation and the Mississippi River was the longest river

• because New Orleans was the main railroad station in the U.S.

• to protect the U.S. from Spain

• because the Mississippi River was important to wagon transportation

Why was the Erie Canal so important?

• this was the best way for railroads to ship things

• it was a paid footpath to the desert Southwest

• it provided us cheap transportation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

• it was a highway for wagons, mules, and horses

This law moved Native Americans into Oklahoma.

• The Bill of Rights

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Manifest Destiny Act

• The Treaty of Paris

What land purchase doubled the size of the United States?

• The Florida Purchase

• Oregon Trail

• Cumberland Gap

• Louisiana Purchase

Who were the 2 men in charge of exploring the Louisiana Purchase?

• Sacagawea and Charbonneau

• Jefferson and Washington

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• James Monroe and Napoleon

Select ALL that apply:

What were the goals of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• find water route to the Pacific

• make friends with the Native Americans

• to kick the Native American off their lands

• keep a journal of the things they found

The Indian Removal Act was used to force the Native Americans...

• to Canada

• west across the Mississippi River

• south of the Mississippi River

• to Mexico

Pick ALL that apply:

Which inventions helped fast production of goods and thing cost less?

• cotton gin

• automobile

• mechanical reaper

• electric telegraph

This group was persecuted because of their religious practices.

• Mormons

• Baptists

• Catholics

• Methodists

During the Industrial Revolution, factories became an important way to...

• make goods more slowly

• make goods by hand

• mass produce goods (make lots of things fast)

• get goods from China