Expanding Westward Quiz

Spain sold us Florida and we gave up claim to Texas.

• Indian Removal Act
• Forty-Niners
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Cumberland Gap

This forced Native Americans to move into Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma.

• Indian Removal Act
• Forty-Niners
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Cumberland Gap

Daniel Boone found this passage through the Appalachian Mountains that opened up the West.

• Indian Removal Act
• Forty-Niners
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Cumberland Gap

People who moved to California to find gold in 1849.

• Indian Removal Act
• Forty-Niners
• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Cumberland Gap

In May 1803, President Jefferson agreed to buy this territory from France. It almost doubled the size of the United States.

• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Pioneers
• Louisiana Purchase

This said that the United States would not allow European countries to establish new colonies in the Americas.

• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Pioneers
• Louisiana Purchase

The first people to enter a region (to move West).

• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Pioneers
• Louisiana Purchase

This ended the war with Mexico. Mexico sold Texas to the United States and more territory in the Southwest.

• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Pioneers
• Louisiana Purchase

Cherokee Native Americans were forced to march West. Many of them died.

• Embargo Act
• Treaty of Greenville
• Trail of Tears
• Treaty of Ghent

Ended the war of 1812

• Embargo Act
• Treaty of Greenville
• Trail of Tears
• Treaty of Ghent