Kansas history, chapter 3 test

What is the definition of an epidemic?

What is the definition of eminent domain

What is the definition of confluence?

What was the main goal of corps of discovery?

• To establish settlement on the West Coast

• To chart the path as a Mississippi river

• To find a water route to the Pacific Ocean

• To negotiate treaties with Native Americans

How did the concept of eminent domain impact Native Americans?

• He gave them the option to remain on their land for as long as they wished

• Forced from their land without having a say in the matter

• It prevented them from selling land to white settlement

• It insured that they were given more money than what their land was worth

Which of the following options from the answers below were reasons why the United States government constructed forts in Kansas? There are three, correct

• To protect Native American lands from illegal white settlement

• To protect travelers on the Santa Fe in Oregon, California trails

• To teach Native Americans English, and convert them to Christianity

• To maintain the peace between Native Americans and white settlement

Why did James Madison ask Stephen Long to lead an expedition

• To determine if the soil on the planes were suitable for farming

• To document unusual animals and plant species

• To explore the new boundary between American and Spanish territory

• To draw maps of physical features, such as the Rocky Mountains

One similarity shared by Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long is that they both?

• Believe the Louisiana territory was unfit for settlement

• Relied on Native Americans to navigate the Missouri river

• Negotiated treaties with the Spanish in the southwest

• Explore the area west of the Rocky Mountains

Which one of the following answers was an effect of the Louisiana purchase?

• The United States gain control of trade in the Mississippi River Valley

• The United States gave up its claims in New Orleans

• The United States gained control of trade in the Ohio River Valley

• The United States gave up its attempts in settlement in the west

From the answers below which two of the following statements about missionaries on Indian reservations are true

• Most native Americans refused to send their children to missionary schools

• Missionaries were the only non-Native Americans allowed to live on reservations

• Some native Americans welcome the missionaries because of the goods they brought

• The goal of missionary schools was to convert native Americans to Christianity