Westward Expansion

What was the Northwest Ordinance?

• A treaty with Native American tribes

• A law to abolish slavery

• An addition of land to the United States North and West of the Ohio River Valley

• A military strategy during the Civil War

What was the Indian Removal?

• A celebration of Native American culture

• Native Americans were taken from their homelands and sent to land reserved for them

• A trade agreement with European settlers

• A festival held in honor of Native American leaders

What was the Trail of Tears?

• A path for gold miners during the Gold Rush

• A scenic hiking trail in the Appalachian Mountains

• The path that the Cherokee went on as they were forced from their land and moved to Oklahoma

• A route used by settlers moving to California

Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

• Founders of the first American university

• Leaders of the expeditions to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Inventors of the steamboat

• Authors of the Declaration of Independence

What is a formal agreement between two or more countries called?

• Treaty

• Resource

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Trail

What term describes something that is used to make something or meet the needs of people?

• Treaty

• Resource

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Trail

What was the belief that it was God's plan for the U.S. to have all land in North America from the Atlantic to Pacific?

• Treaty

• Resource

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Trail

What was the major trail used by settlers to go from Missouri to Oregon and California?

• Treaty

• Resource

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Trail

What was the war between the U.S. and Mexico over the border dispute about Texas leading to the Mexican Cession?

• Treaty of Paris

• Mexican American War - 1846-1848

• Civil War

• War of 1812

What event led many people to California in search of wealth?

• California Gold Rush

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Industrial Revolution