Westward Expansion

Which sentence best summarizes the main idea of Manifest Destiny?

• Most American presidents come from rich families.

• Native Americans would move to lands in the western states.

• States that join the Union can choose to not obey laws.

• Americans would settle the lands all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Many pioneers crossed the mountains. What are pioneers?

• enslaved people

• the first people who settle an area

• wagons pulled by animals

• ships powered by steam engines

What happened just before the Trail of Tears?

• Andrew Jackson became president.

• Congress passed the Indian Removal Act.

• Martin Van Burren became president.

• Andrew Jackson was re-elected.

Why were Native Americans moved to new homes in the West?

• Plantation owners needed Native Americans for labor.

• Settlers wanted the good land in the East.

• All Native Americans wanted to lived together in the same place.

• Native Americans preferred to live in the West.

What was one important difference between the North and the South?

• The North and more factories.

• The North had more slaves.

• The North had better farmland.

• The North had better government.

Under the Missouri Compromise, which of these was admitted as a free state in 1820?

• Arkansas

• Georgia

• Maine

• Kentucky

Which of these was a slave state?​ ​ (a)  

• Tennessee
• Illinois
• Pennsylvania
• Ohio

Andrew Jackson was elected president in​ ​ (a)  

• 1828
• 1809
• 2023

Why was the forced removal of the Cherokee called the Trail of Tears?

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Why did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act in 1830?

• The East was great land and the Americans wanted it for themselves.

• Native Americans would be moved to land where few settlers wanted to live.

• All of the above.