USH3.6b Unit 3 Review

The United States wanted to acquire New Orleans in 1803 in order to

• end British influence in North America

• promote the growth of manufacturing in the region

• establish a military base to defend against attacks from Mexico

• secure a port that would improve the transportation of agricultural goods

Which statement describes an effect of the Louisiana Purchase (1803)?

• The size of the United States was doubled.

• The boundary with Mexico was finally established.

• The Northwest Territory became part of the United States.

• The Mississippi River became the western boundary of the United States.

Why did sectionalism increase as a result of Missouri applying for admission to the Union?

• Missouri was opposed to the expansion of slavery

• Slavery was banned in Missouri by the Northwest Ordinance

• Missouri would tilt the balance towards slave states in the senate

• Northerners feared additional removals of Native Americans

Two results of the Missouri Compromise were

• Maine was admitted as a free state

• Missouri was admitted as a slave state

• Slavery ceased to be an issue between North and South

• The importation of slaves from Africa was banned

A major reason for President Andrew Jackson’s policy toward the Cherokee Nation was to

• provide Native Americans with better farmland

• enforce the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

• obtain land from Native Americans for white settlers

• gain the political support of Native Americans

The Trail of Tears, __________________, is today considered a crime against humanity.

• the forced migration of Native Americans

• the road connecting Georgia and Oklahoma

• removing Indians

• a law passed by Congress in 1830