Westward Expansion

Which territory was added as a result of the Mexican War?

• California
• Florida
• Oregon
• Louisiana

What was the term for the idea that expansion was the right of the US?

• Manifest Destiny
• Righteous Growth
• Sovereign Development
• Due Process

What legislation authorized the federal government to force eastern Indian tribes to move west?

• The Native Relocation Act
• The Indigenous Relocation Act
• The American Changes Act
• The Indian Removal Act

What was the name for the relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma?

• The Trail of Tragedy
• The Trail of Triumph
• The Trail of Tears
• The Trail of Trama

After a War with Mexico, the United States received which territories?? (Hint: 2 Answers

• California

• Oregon

• Texas

• Florida

Expansion of the US occurred during WHAT time period?

• 1900s

• 1800s

• 1600s

• 1780s

What was discovered out in California during the 1840s?

• Gold

• Frankinsence

• Myrrh

• Salt

What caused Native Americans to attack the railroad and its workers?

• The railroad was built in the middle of their land and was destroying it.

• The workers started fighting with them.

• The railroad kept them from migrating.

• Native Americans didn't like trains.

What are Boom Towns?

• Towns that popped up along the railroads.

• Towns that exploded.

• Towns where people moved away from because there weren't any jobs left.

• Towns with a lot of gold.

What was a Ghost town?

• Boomtowns that were abandoned

• Towns that had lots of ghosts

• Towns established by settlers and attacked by Indians

• A town that was successful