Manifest Destiny Review

Which trail was the primary route for settlers traveling to the Pacific Northwest during the 19th century?

• Oregon Trail

• Lewis and Clark Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• California Trail

The purchase of which territory from France opened the door for westward expansion?

• Louisiana

• California

• New York

• Texas

What term refers to the loyalty and concern for the interests of a particular region rather than the whole country?

• globalism

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• patriotism

What term refers to the loyalty and concern for the interests of the whole country rather than just a particular part of the country?

• patriotism
• nationalism
• sectionalism

• separatism

What was the belief or doctrine that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable (meant to be)?

• Manifest Destiny

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Divine Right

What was the name of the famous trail that stretched over 2,000 miles from Missouri to Oregon during the 19th century?

• Oregon Trail

• Missouri Trail

• Oregon Journey

• Westward Trail

Which president authorized the Louisiana Purchase?

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Which Native American tribe was forcibly relocated from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to present-day Oklahoma?

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Apache

• Navajo

Which of the following was NOT a reason why people moved westward?

• to seek new job opportunities

• to seek religious freedom

• to spread democracy

• to find new spices

This was one of the first compromises over slavery spreading westward. It tried to keep a balance between the number of slave states and free states.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Wilmot Proviso