M-1 Unit 6 Test: Jackson and Expansion

The Age of Jackson refers to ______.

• more and more people were moving into cities.

• most people in the South did not want more slavery.

• when Native Americans were able to vote and participate in elections.

• The time period of the expansion of democracy and voting rights to the "common man."

During the early 1800s, nearly all white men could vote.

• True

• False

Southeastern Native American tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles) adopted American culture in order to be accepted and remain independent.

• True

• False

The Cherokee, Creek, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminole tribes were considered to be the _______.

• Five Independent Tribes

• Five Civilized Tribes

• Five Savage Tribes

• Five Nations

The 1830 law that allowed the government to create treaties with Native American tribes to relocate them west (often by force) was known as the ______.

• The Oregon Trail Act

• The Santa Fe Act

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Southeast Tribes Act

Many Southeast Native American groups were forced to relocate west on a path where many people died due to the lack of preparation and supplies. This became known as the ________.

• The Path of Sadness

• The Highway to the Stars

• The Nullification Crisis

• Trail of Tears

Manifest Destiny was the belief that ______.

• Native Americans should keep their homelands

• The United States was destined to colonize the world

• The United States was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

• Settlers in Texas and California were meant to become citizens of Mexico

Between 1800 and 1853 the United States fulfilled the goal of Manifest Destiny.

• True

• False

Texans fought for, and won, independence from Mexico in 1835 and resulted in the formation of the Republic of Texas.

• True

• False

This significant battle where almost all 187 Texans were killed trying to hold the fort surrounded by the much larger Mexican army led by Santa Anna, became a rallying cry for the Texas Revolution. "Remember the _____!"

• Santa Fe

• Alamo

• Red River

• Chisholm