Western Expansion Vocabulary

What was the population requirement for a territory to become a state under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• 60,000

• 50,000

• 80,000

• 70,000

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 require from a territory before it could become a state?

• Constitution

• Treaty

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

What did Thomas Jefferson intend when he said 'all men are created equal'?

• Equal education for all

• Equal land for all

• Equal wealth for all

• Equal rights for all

What is a pioneer?

• A person who studies history

• A person who explores space

• A person who works in a factory

• A person who settles in a new country

What is a frontier?

• A type of clothing

• A type of food

• A large city

• A limit of settled land

What was the Louisiana Purchase of 1803?

• Acquisition of Texas

• Acquisition of Louisiana

• Acquisition of Florida

• Acquisition of California

What is a treaty?

• A type of clothing

• An agreement made by negotiation

• A type of food

• A type of animal

What is immigration?

• Leaving a country

• Moving within a country

• Coming to a foreign country to live

• Staying in the same country

What is emancipation?

• Being set free from political, social, or legal restrictions

• Being elected as a leader

• Being given a new job

• Being sent to prison

What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• An act to grant Indian tribes more land

• An act to grant Indian tribes unsettled western prairie land

• An act to remove Indian tribes from their desirable territories

• An act to protect Indian tribes' territories