Chapter 12/13 Quiz

What is manifest destiny?

• God-given right to expand to Pacific Ocean

• Native Americans are destined to have to their land

• The idea to decrease the amount of land America has

• None of the above

What is the Indian Removal Act?

• The law forcing Americans to move to India

• The law forcing the removal of Native Americans off their land

• The law forcing America to not interfere with Natives and their land

• None of the above

What were the Trail of Tears?

• The brutal journey the Native Americans had to take as they were removed off their land

• The trail Americans took as they traveled to Oregon

• The trail to people from Texas took to leave Mexico

• None of the above

What was the spoils system?

• All of the above

• The system that food got spoiled on the trail to the Oregon territory

• The idea that Americans are spoiled

• The idea that Jackson hired his own supporters when he became president

What were the impacts of Manifest Destiny?

• Loss of indigenous land and lives

• Mexican War

• Expansion of United States

• All of the above

Andrew Jackson was responsible for:

• Indian Removal Act

• Closure of national bank/Financial Panic

• Trail of tears

• All of the above

What was a cause of the Mexican War?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Revolution

• Land/border dispute

• None of the above

What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• Gave United States California and New Mexico as well as settled the border as Rio Grande in exchange for $15 million

• Gave France the Louisiana territory

• Ended the Revolutionary War

• All of the above

What were the lasting impact of the Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears?

• Got more land

• Moved to a better place

• Loss of land and life of natives

• All of the above

How is this an example of manifest destiny?

• The Americans are moving east and taking the Native's ideas of ways of life

• The Americans are traveling west with their technology, ideas, and beliefs, while taking over the land

• The Americans are staying in the same spot.

• None of the above