untitled

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

The primary goal of Manifest Destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories

• removal of European influence from South America

• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

• secession of southern states from the nation

The belief that the US had a right and duty to expand across the North American contitent was known as

• The Great Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Oregon Fever
• The Monroe Doctrine

What act allowed the national government to make deals with the Native Americans to exchange their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civillization ACt 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act

What was the government policy that divided tribal land among Native Americans for farming?

• Compromise of 1877
• Custer's Last Stand 1876
• Dawes Severalty Act 1887
• Declaration of Independence 1776

In which state was gold discovered in 1848 and caused people to "rush" to find it?

• Texas

• Nevada

• California

• Oregon

Which of the following was widely used in the Great Plains to build houses for the settlers?

• sun dried brick (adobe)

• lumber from trees

• Sod (made from mud and grass)

• buffalo hides for teepees

Land set aside by the US government for the relocation of Native Americans are called _______________.

• tenements
• ghettos
• colonies
• reservations

In 1890, a massacre of Lakota Sioux by United States Cavalry occurred as what became known as

• Wounded Knee

• Little Big Horn

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga

Which of the following is considered a major environmental impact of western settlement?

• the stripping of all the gold and silver

• the decimation of the Native American and their relocation to reservations

• deforestation of wooded areas

• the destruction of the buffalo