Unit 3 Expanding a Nation

Which term refers to the belief that the United States had a duty to spread democracy across the continent?

• Manifest Destiny

• Missouri Compromise

• Northwest Ordinance

• Great Awakening

Which description of the Trail of Tears is accurate?

• the forced migration of Cherokees to western lands

• the passage of Irish immigrants back to Ireland

• the journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas

• the requirement that freed slaves move to Africa

Which American religious leader said he was led by an angel to find the Book of Mormon engraved on golden plates?

• Cotton Mather

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Joseph Smith

Which group made up the largest percentage of California's population in 1840?

• Native Americans

• Chinese immigrants

• runaway slaves

• Mexican rancheros

Who brought the first American settlers into the Mexican territory known as Texas in 1821?

• Joseph Smith

• James Polk

• John Tyler

• Stephen Austin

Which was the goal of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• to move Indian tribes west so white settlers could take their land

• to move Indian tribes off the Great Plains to protect buffalo herds

• to move Indian tribes to Canada so they could hunt freely

• to move Indian tribes to reservations in Florida and Georgia

Which summarizes the outcome of the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia?

• The Cherokee won their case but lost their land to white settlers.

• Georgia won its case, but the Cherokee remained on their land.

• President Andrew Jackson complied with the decision of Chief Justice John Marshall.

• Chief Justice John Marshall impeached President Andrew Jackson for contempt.

Which was not a reason that people left their homelands and migrated to the United States in the mid-1800s?

• Crop failures in Ireland put hundreds of thousands in danger of starvation.

• The United States offered more economic opportunity than any other country.

• Political upheaval in Germany caused people to seek freedom elsewhere.

• Immigrants knew they would be accepted without discrimination in America.

Which was a major argument in favor of the Mexican War in 1846?

• Americans who believed in Manifest Destiny wanted to spread the American way of life.

• Mexican forces had crossed the California border and killed hundreds of American civilians.

• Mexico claimed U.S. territory in Oregon and years of talks did not settle the issue.

• Northern abolitionists supported the war because Mexico had refused to outlaw slavery.

Which American politician enthusiastically supported going to war against Mexico?

• James Polk

• Henry David Thoreau

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay