Manifest Destiny

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

Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

• Spain
• France
• Great Britain
• Mexico

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

• They all brought about a war with Spain.
• They all increased the territory of the United States.
• They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
• They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico. 

Texans fought for independence against what country?

• United States
• Mexico
• France
• Great Britain

What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civilization Act 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act

President Jackson refused to annex Texas at first because doing so would have

• upset the balance between free and slave states.
• admitted to the British that western expansion had ended.
• gone against the wishes of Congress.

Oregon Trail 

• a route used during the US migration westward
• a person who went to California for the gold rush
• a giving up ( as in territory or rights ) to another
• a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?

• the rich and well-born
• Native Americans
• the common people
• states' rights supporters

What does the Indian Removal Act do?

• Pushes all Native Americans into Florida

• Allows Georgia to use Native Americans as slaves

• Enacts the policy of assimilation

• Moves Native Americans west beyond the Mississippi River