Westward Expansion Review

Manifest Destiny is

• The law that made it legal to settle the West

• The idea that expansion was divine and man was meant to settle America

• State powers is better than the federal government

• the power govern to Congress to take the Northwest Territory

The Louisiana Purchase

• Doubled the size of the US

• Led to the Lewis and Clarke Expedition

• Stopped Slavery

• Started the Civil War

Native Americans were treated __________ by the US Government

• very poorly

• very fairly

• with great care and asked their opinions on expansion

A purchase is

• Getting property by paying money

• Taking land after a war

• Signing a piece of paper to hand over land

Florida was acquired through the Adams-Onis Treaty

• AGREE!

• DISAGREE!

• Who is Adam Onis and what band is he in?

• Florida isnt part of the U.S

As a result of Westward expansion

• Native populations grew and prospered

• Women were given the right to vote

• Native populations were forced to leave their lands

• New explorations were failures

The following did NOT happen because of the Louisiana Purchase?

• Presidential support of westward expeditions

• Oregon and Washington eventually become states

• California Gold Rush

• Abolition of Slavery

Which Act First allowed the Federal Government to pay Native Americans to move west?

• Federal Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Act

• Settlers Act

In 1830, President ____________________ pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• James Madison

Where was most of the area set aside for Native Americans in 1834 located today?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Dakota

• New Mexico