Unit 4- Westward Expansion/ Transportation/ NA/ Chinese Test Rev

The idea that the United States was destined to expand westward across North America

• Destination West

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Ho!

How did America expand (acquire land) in the 1800's?

• By war only

• By purchase only

• Using a variety of methods

• During negotiations

This linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast.

• The Erie Canal

• Genesee River

• Hudson River

• Glens Falss

These two waterways caused a rapid increase in population in upstate New York.

• Twelve Mile Creek

• Erie Canal

• Lake George

• Hudson River

The Erie canal helped to make what city become a major commercial center?

• Los Angeles

• Orlando

• New York City

• Detroit

A federal law passed in 1882 that restricted Chinese immigration to the United States

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

Americans saw what group of people as a threat to jobs and lower wages?

• British

• Chinese

• Canadians

• French

A policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. The Chinese Exclusion Act is an example of this.

• Divine Right

• Manifest Destiny

• Neutrality

• Nativism

A law that allowed citizens to claim 160 acres of public land in exchange for living on it, improving it, and paying a small fee.

• Homestead Act

• Oregon Trail

• Escape to the West Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

A process where a minority group adopts the values, beliefs, and behaviors of a dominant culture, or majority group.

• Traditional Loss

• White Man's Burden

• Cultural Assimilation