Janauary 5

The U.S. wanted to get control over the Mississippi River and New Orleans.  Why did they want this area? 

• The river was in the U.S. 
• The port was used by Spain and they could get into the U.S. 
• The port and river were needed for trade in North America
• The U.S. did not want Native Americans to have it 

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 

an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Southeast to Indian Territory in Oklahoma; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people

• Homestead Act
• Indian Removal Act
• Trail of Tears
• Oregon Trail

1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.

• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase

Policy created by President James Monroe in 1823, that stated the United States would not tolerate any European interventions in the Americas.

• Homestead Act
• Monroe Doctrine
• Indian Removal Act
• Manifest Destiny

From which European country does the U.S. acquire Florida in 1819? [8.32]

• Spain

• France

• Britain

• Canada