Westward Expansion Practice

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

Based on the cartoon, which of the following best explains the impact of the Monroe Doctrine?

• The United States would not allow foreign nations to form alliances.
• The United States would not allow further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
• The United States would serve as a negotiator between European nations.
• The United States would protect the economic interests of Europe.

A population increase, building of roads and schools and cities flourishing was a positive effect of

• The California Gold Rush

• The destruction of the buffalo

• The forced removal of Native Americans into reservations

• The Indian Wars

Jacksonian Democracy

• an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

• The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

• The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

• The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

The Trail of Tears refers to

• Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.

• the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

• government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

• the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

Based on the map, the Erie Canal and Hudson River contributed directly to the

• decisions to restrict immigration

• rapid increase in population in upstate New York

• settlement of New England

• acquisition of land from Canada

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important to the development of the nation because it

• linked the industrial centers of the North and the South

• allowed the United States Navy to defend the Great Lakes

• forced the Spanish to sell Florida to the United States

• increased trade between the East Coast and the Midwest

Which port did Jefferson want to control?

• Savannah
• New Orleans
• Mexico
• Mississippi

All were impacts of the Mexican-American War EXCEPT

• It gave the US its manifest destiny
• It became a training ground forthe future Civil War generals
• It united America
• Forced decisions about new lands being free or slave states

The war with Mexico BEGAN with

• California's rebellion
• a border dispute in Texas
• the Battle of Buena Vista
• a US invasion of Mexico City