SS Unit 3: Expansion and Sectionalism

Which of the following was purchased from France and doubled the size of the United States?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Florida Purchase

• Mexican Cession

Americans felt they had a God given right to expand and claim lands from coast to coast. What was this belief called?

• Era of Good Feelings

• Great Depression

• Manifest Destiny

• Inalienable Rights

President Andrew Jackson signed the ___________ to force Native Americans from their lands east of the Mississippi.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Indian Removal Act of 1830

• The Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Which of the following was a reason people migrated to the West?

• gold mining

• trees for lumber

• hunting buffalo

• vacation

Which of the following was allowed by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Missouri was admitted to the US as a slave state.

• Slavery was prohibited in Missouri.

• Missouri was half slave and half free.

• Missouri was not admitted to the Union.

The Cherokee's forced journey to Oklahoma is know as the _______________.

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trial

• Silk Road

What new technology quickly removed seeds from cotton?

• railroad

• telegraph

• spinning jenny

• cotton gin

Which technology helped people communicate over long distances?

• windmills

• steel plow

• barbed wire

• telegraph

What is sectionalism?

• Loyalty to one group of people.

• The idea that one nation is better than another nation.

• Loyalty to one part of a nation.

• Equality in all parts of a nation.

What is a person who works to bring an end to slavery called?

• carpet bagger

• abolitionist

• bootlegger

• freedom rider