Manifest Destiny Review

A belief in manifest destiny was the

• rise of big farming business

• growth of the labor movement

• expansion and settlement to the West

• slavery abolitionist movement

The primary goal of manifest destiny was to

• secession of southern states from the nation

• removal of European influence from South America

• end slavery in the new territories

• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

What was Manifest Destiny?

• It was destiny for Indigenous people to live on the North American continent.

• The US had a duty to take over the Canadian territory.

• The US had the right and duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• The US had the duty to take control of the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.

As a result of President Andrew Jackson's policies, Native American Indians were

• relocated to Mexico

• granted US Citizenship

• forcibly removed to areas west of the Mississippi River

• gradually allowed to return to their homes

The main motivation and reason for the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 was the desire to

• own all the Great Lakes

• control the port of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi River

• secure the Erie Canal in the Great Lakes for steamboats

• annex California

How did Manifest Destiny affect natives?

• They were removed of American Indians from their native homelands by Andrew Jackson.

• They were given freedom.

• They were killed or kept as slaves.

• They were given gold to move to the eastern states.

Once the Louisiana Territory was purchased the United States _________________________ in size.

• doubled

• tripled

• did nothing

What did the Homestead Act encourage/offer the settlers to go west?

• free train rides west

• free land in the west

• free homes in the west

• free wifi in the west

What job did most people have who moved west?

• shop keepers

• blacksmiths

• lawyers

• farmers

Which statement is TRUE?

• Americans and Native Americans never fought each other.

• Americans moved Native Americans to reservations.

• Native Americans wanted to live on reservations.

• Native American leaders offered advice to the U.S. presidents