Westward Expansion Review

Manifest Destiny is the belief in the idea that:

• expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the country

• a person’s destiny is determined by how much land can be farmed

• African Americans were destined to remain slaves

• We had the right to be free from Britain

What did the supporters of the suffrage movement believe?

• Men should not allow women to vote.

• Women were deprived of basic rights.

• New western territories should be slave states.

• That slavery should only be legal in the South

War with Mexico resulted in the United States gaining the southwest territory and—

• Texas

• California

• Florida

• Colorado

Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon territory from the

• Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean to the James River

• Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

What famous abolitionist leader wrote The Liberator and worked for the emancipation of all enslaved African Americans?

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

What abolitionist newspaper was written by Frederick Douglass?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The North Star

• The Liberator

• Freedom Press

Who was arrested for voting?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Frederick Douglass

• Susan B. Anthony

• Betsy Ross

What territory joined the United States after it became an independent republic?

• Texas

• California

• Florida

• Louisiana

At the Seneca Falls Convention, the Declaration of Sentiments included which important words..... 

• “Slavery is a necessary evil to society.”

• “All men, regardless of race, are created equal.”

• “All men and women are created equal

What amendment gave voting rights to all male citizens? 

• 11th

• 14th

• 12th

• 13th