Westward Expansion

Which group of Natives suffered and died on "The Trail of Tears"?

• Cherokee

• Huron

• Seminole

• Taíno

Which group made huge profits during the Gold Rush?

• mormons

• merchants

• teachers

• missionaries

What did the United States insist was the border between the United States and Mexico?

• St. John's River

• Mexico City

• Rio Grande

• The Alamo

In the early 1800s, what 4 countries laid claim to the Oregon Country?

• United States, Mexico, Spain and Germany

• Russia, United States, Great Britain and France

• United States, Russia, Mexico and Italy

• United States, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia

Whom did Texas choose as their president after they won independence from Mexico?

• Sam Houston

• William B. Travis

• Davy Crockett

• Jim Bowie

Which California City was the location of the Gold Rush?

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• San Antonio

• San Diego

The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

What phrase does the sentence above define?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Albany Plan of Union

• Manifest Destiny

• Mission Statement

Which act allowed the federal government to make Native Americans move west?

• Federal Act

• Native American Act

• Settlers Act

• Indian Removal Act

Who were the only Native Americans who successfully resisted their removal by going to war against the Federal government?

• Seminole

• Choctaw

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

Florida could not become a state until which of the following happened?

• It agreed to end slavery.

• A free state joined the Union.

• Texas joined the Union.

• A slave state joined the Union.