Unit 4: Westward Expansion Test

The practice of giving government jobs to supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party

• The Spoils System
• Manifest Destiny
• Political Parties
• Something that NEVER happens in government

A law signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 that authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders-forcing many Native Americans off of their land

• Exploration Act
• Cherokee Act
• Indian Removal Act
• The Jackson Act

Why did Jackson argue that his policy of Indian removal was generous?

• A. Because they were offering them land instead of "utterly annihilating" them
• B. The government was paying for it
• C. The voted on it
• D. Options A and B are correct

Elias Boudinot was a member of the Cherokee nation that was IN favor of the Indian Removal Act. What reason did he give for this?

• They were being forced to live under Georgia law which was unfair to them
• If they move they might have a chance to become happy and prosperous
• Staying was a dark and gloomy prospect
• All of the Above

The belief that the United States was destined by God to expand its control across the entire North American continent.

• Expansion
• American Right
• Indian Removal Act
• Manifest Destiny

True or False: Before Texas was a state, it was its own independent country

• True
• False

What did American settlers bring to Texas that had already been outlawed by the Mexican government

• Farming
• Slavery
• Mining
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After the Texas Revolution, it wasn't long before its annexation to the United States. The word "annexation" means:

• To declare war on
• To liberate
• To add or incorporate something
• To Provoke

The Sauk and Fox tribes signed agreed to cede their lands to the US government by signing the _________, although many felt as though they had been tricked.

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Fox Valley Contract
• The Treaty of 1804
• The Treaty of Paris

This law allowed people to claim up to 160 acres of land out west, whether it belonged to the First Nations or not.

• The Expansion Act
• The Manifest Act
• The Homestead Act
• The Buffalo Bill