Westward Expansion

the idea that states can refuse to follow federal laws

• nullification

• states’ rights

• tarrif

• policy

What was the outcome of the Worcester v. Georgia case?

• The Court ruled against the Cherokee

• The Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, but Jackson ignored the ruling

• The Cherokee voluntarily relocated to Oklahoma

• The Court supported Jackson's policies

The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Assimilation

• Urbanization

What was an effect Gadsden Purchase?

• It allowed the U.S. to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

• It expanded trade in the Midwest.

• It doubled the size of the U.S..

• It helped settlers gain access to land in Louisiana

What document warned European countries not to interfere with the Americas?

• Reservations

• Homestead Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Monroe Doctrine

The Louisiana Purchase

• Reduced the size of the United States.

• Increased the size of the United States by 25%.

• Doubled the size of the United States.

• Had no impact on the size of the United States.

The Mexican Cession is...

• The U.S. gaining control of Texas

• The treaty that gave Texas it's independence

• The U.S. gaining territory (land) from Mexico

• the limits placed on immigration into the U.S.

Texas joined the United States through a process called

• expedition
• veto
• annexation
• joint resolution

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that all men are created equal

• The belief that the US was destined to expand west

• The belief in the 2nd amendment and the right to bear arms

• The belief that everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness

One effect of the Indian Removal Act was the __________________________.

• Supreme Court ruling that Cherokees could be forced to move.

• trip by Cherokees to Indian territory called the Trail of Tears.

• treaty between Cherokees and the United States government.

• the U.S. government’s development of Apache land.