SC Studies Weekly - Westward Expansion

Which of the following is NOT an action that led to the War of 1812?

• France declared war on the US for taking over the Louisiana Territory

• Britain tried to prevent US ships from trading with France

• The US did not want to take a side in Britain and France's war

• Britain was assisting Native Americans in the western US

Who of the following people was a war hero who helped the US win many battles in the War of 1812?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• John Quincy Adams

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Andrew Jackson was so popular as a presidential candidate?

• After he lost his first presidential election in 1825 to Adams, his followers accused Adams of making a “corrupt bargain” in order to convince Congress to make him president

• He wanted to abolish slavery

• He was not part of the wealthy, educated elite and claimed to be the same as “common people”

• He had killed many Native Americans, which led white Americans to think he would help the

What argument did Andrew Jackson NOT use to defend Indian Removal?

• He claimed Native Americans would be happier away from white people if they moved west

• He claimed the land in the West was better and promised that it would belong to the Natives forever

• He claimed Native Americans did not hold up their end of the deal in their previous treaties with the US

• He claimed that Natives were “savage” and uncivilized and “will not survive” in white society

Which of the following is TRUE?

• Native Americans died out after Jackson forced them to move West

• Native Americans fought for their land, some through battles and others through the Supreme Court, but only one tribe was successful at keeping their lands

• Native tribes who fought for their land were able to keep it thanks to the Supreme Court

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• Native American tribes were able to keep their lands and resist the US government’s attempt to forcibly remove them

What was the Indian Removal Act?

• It was an act signed into law by President Jackson that allowed the federal government to take over Native American lands through treaties made with individual tribes

• It was a battle fought by Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, which made him popular when he ran for president years later

• It was the Supreme Court’s decision that the federal government could not take over Cherokee lands

What was the Trail of Tears?

• The 1,000 mile march in which 4,000 Cherokee people died of cold, hunger, and disease on their way to the western lands

• The 1,000 mile march on the Oregon Trail in which 4,000 pioneers died of cold, hunger, and disease on their way to the western lands

• The 1,000 mile march in which 4,000 American soldiers died during the Mexican-American War.

Who did Texans declare independence from?

• Mexico

• Spain

• France

• United States

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Texan Independence?

• Texas became part of the United States once it declared independence

• Native Americans attacked and raided both Mexican settlements and white American settlements in Texas

• One of the major conflicts between Mexicans and Americans in Texas during that time was slavery

What was the concept of Manifest Destiny?

• God wanted Americans to take over the entire continent of North America

• Native Americans knew it was their destiny that some day they would be forced off their lands by whites.

• If Americans manifested/prayed to receive more land in America, God would give it to them