Mod: Quiz #4 (Westward Expansion & Trail of Tears)

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

Land purchased from France in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson was president that doubled the U.S size. 

• Texas Annexation 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Northwest Territory
• Mexican Cession

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

Which of the following was a social effect of westward expansion on the Native Americans?

• NA could not get enough supplies and this led to poverty

• NA were forced to live on reservations, which separated them from white pioneers

• NA could no longer access the rich mineral deposits found in the Black Hills

• NA culture became widely accepted by white settlers

What was the main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

• To meet and trade with the Native Americans

• To explore and map out the land west of the Mississippi River

• To pan for gold in the rivers

• To map out a trail through the Appalachian Mountains

Lewis and Clark were the first to reach the ____________________ by land?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Hudson River

• Pacific Ocean

The U.S. wanted to use the land out west.  What was the way the U.S. settled the issue with Native Americans living on the land out west?

• Treaties that were kept by both sides 
• Indian Removal Act 
• U.S. offered to pay full price for Indian lands 
• The U.S. offered the Natives a seat in Congress to help them decide what to do 

Why were many Americans moving out West?

• To be with their families 
• Better weather conditions
• Good, cheap farmland

Why did people move to California in 1849 for the gold rush?

• To strike it rich
• To sell tools