Westward Expansion Effects Review

What was the main policy towards Native American tribes during the time of treaties? (2 answers)

• Signing new treaties with Native tribes

• Enforcing the treaties and respecting Native land

• Encouraging people to settle on Native land

• Relocating Eastern tribes to the West

What led to the mass slaughter of bison during Westward Expansion?

• Need for bison fur

• Lack of food for Americans and Natives

• Conflict with Native Americans

• Discovery of gold

What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 declare?

• The U.S. needed to sign new treaties with Native tribes

• Native tribes were given more land

• Native tribes were granted more rights

• Native tribes were no longer separate nations

Who was a key supporter of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• The Whig party

• Members of the clergy

• Frontier Americans

• President Andrew Jackson

What was the response of President Andrew Jackson to the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Cherokees?

• He supported the ruling

• He enforced the ruling

• He challenged the ruling

• He ignored the ruling

What was the main purpose of the Trail of Tears? (2 answers)

• To enforce the Indian Removal Act

• To provide better living conditions for Native Americans

• To establish peace between Native Americans and settlers

• To relocate Native Americans to the West

What did the Three-Fifth Compromise state?

• All slaves would not be counted for purposes of counting a state's population

• All slaves would count as half a person for purposes of counting a state's population

• All slaves would count as three-fifths of a person for purposes of counting a state's population

• All slaves would count as a full person for purposes of counting a state's population

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1821 allow despite its constitution banning free blacks and mixed race people?

• Free blacks and mixed race people in all states

• Slavery in Missouri

• Free blacks and mixed race people in Missouri

• Slavery in all states

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

• Banning of slavery in all states

• Banning of the slave trade in all states

• Banning of slavery in D.C.

• Banning of the slave trade in D.C.

What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• To create new territories for Native Americans

• To resolve the secession crisis

• To allow the people in the territories to determine whether they would allow slavery

• To ban slavery in the territories