Unit 3: Expansion, Nationalism, and Sectionalism

Belief that Americans had the right to expand west and spread across the whole North American continent..

• Sectionalism

• Manifest Destiny

• Nationalism

• Compromise of 1850

The Louisiana Purchase was important to the United States because it...

• expanded the nation's boundary to the Pacific Ocean

• removed the Spanish from North America

• closed the western territories to slavery

• secured control of the Mississippi River

What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?

• It doubled the size of the Nation

• It enabled the United States to use the port of San Francisco

• It brought Texas into the Union

• It created an alliance between the US and Great Britain

 

The growing division between the anti-slavery states and the pro-slavery states was known as

• The American System

• Sectionalism

• Temperance Movement

• Manifest Destiny

What was a direct cause of the War of 1812?

• the acquisition of Florida

• American trade agreements with Spain

• British impressment of American sailors

• Napoleon's rise in France

A major purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

• limit European influence in the Western Hemisphere

• establish United States colonies in South America

• form military alliances with Latin American nations

• avoid involvement in Canadian conflicts

Occurring after the Worcester v. Georgia decision, what forced march of the Cherokees from Georgia to Oklahoma under Andrew Jackson often called?

• Trail of Tears

• Seminole War

• Little Big Horn

• the Cherokee Removal Act

In the Worchester vs. Georgia Supreme Court case...

• Jackson followed the ruling

• Jackson argued for Native American rights

• Jackson ignored the ruling to send Native Americans west

• Jackson argued for a new treaty

Which statement best describes the experiences of Native Americans as a result of the Indian Removal Act?

• Tribal leaders were treated respectfully

• Tribes were given fair land

• Most Native American tribes declared war

• Many Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears

Andrew Jackson was seen as the 'common man' or a populist. A populist is a politician who

• asks only ordinary people to vote for them

• was born in a log cabin

• had a large inauguration

• represents the "common people"