Westward Expansion Practice

Which was NOT a reason settlers moved west?

• fresh start 
• better life 
• land ownership 
• government forced them 

Manifest Destiny was an idea that America should own all land east to west.  Which statement summarizes this idea? 

• Louisiana Purchase was the only part to this idea 
• U.S. peacefully got all land they wanted 
• People did not have the power to get new land 
• U.S. felt it was their right to buy, take, fight for, or compormise to get all the land they wanted 

The U.S. wanted to use the land out west.  What was the way the U.S. settled the issue with Native Americans living on the land out west?

• Treaties that were kept by both sides 
• Indian Removal Act 
• U.S. offered to pay full price for Indian lands 
• The U.S. offered the Natives a seat in Congress to help them decide what to do 

Which statement bests represents the United States’ view on land acquisition (getting land) in

the 1800’s?

• America’s attitude toward completing Manifest Destiny was to get all land they wanted through any means needed

• America was not willing to get into wars or battles attempting to gain land

• America thought that all nations had the right to keep the land they controlled

• America was ready to fight to ensure the Native Americans kept a fair share of the western land

Close reading the map, with the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri

• Maine

• Kentucky

• Alabama

The Missouri Compromise, tried to settle the question of whether slavery could expand into the...

• Mexican Cession.

• Louisiana Purchase.

• Original 13 Colonies

• Canada

The Indian Removal Act was passed because___.

• The Indians wanted to remove white settlers from their land

• Natives wished to sell their land to the US government at a high price

• Gold was found on Native American territory

What did the Cherokee tribe do after the Indian Removal Act was passed?

• decided to stand their ground and wage war for the rights to their land

• took their case to the Supreme Court

• made plans to move further east

In the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case__.

Select ALL that apply

• the Cherokee fought the government of Georgia to stay on their land

• the Supreme Court said Native Americans did not have the right to sue states

• the Seminoles sued the government to pay for the costs of moving West

• the Supreme Court agreed to give the Natives back all of the land claimed by America

What did the Cherokee people call the 800+ mile march to the Oklahoma territory?

• The Trail of Sorrows

• The Long March to Oklahoma

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oklahoma Disaster