Westward Expansion Review

Andrew Jackson used the army to force the Cherokee to move from their homes across the Mississippi River to Oklahoma on what is called __________________.

• Trail of Betrayal

• Trail of Tears

• Trail of Pain

• Trail of the Cherokee

What is the name of the law that moved the indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River to designated lands in the west?

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act of 1850

• Florida Purchase

• Oregon Trail

What group of people decided to move west for religious reasons and settled in what is today Utah?

• Quakers

• Mormons

• Catholics

• Pilgrims

The Mexican Cession gave the United States________________________.

• access to Pacific ports and the gold fields in California

• the Port of New Orleans

• the right to have slavery in every state

• access to the Atlantic ports and South Carolina

Which event took place because Jefferson wanted to find out about the West?

• Spanish mission were built in California

• Lewis and Clark launched an expedition

• Settlers pushed the frontier

• Pioneers searched for land to settle

What was one of the economic opportunities for pioneers while traveling west?

• fishing

• electronics

• cash crops

• gold (mining)

Who located and explored the upper regions of the Mississippi River and made treaties with some Native Americans?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Daniel Boone

• Zebulon Pike

• Hernando DeSoto

Forty-niners were people who ________________________________.

• wanted to end slavery.

• traveled the Oregon Trail.

• went to California to search for gold.

• supported the idea of states’ rights.

Which of the following statements best describes the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• All American citizens should have the right to vote.

• All American women should have the right to own property.

• The United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

What did Daniel Boone do to help settle the West?

• He helped create the Wilderness Trail.

• He explored the Mississippi River.

• He traded goods with people in New Orleans.

• He signed a peace treaty with the Cherokees and the Shawnees.