Unit 4 Review: Westward Expansion

The intent of the Homestead Act was to

• prevent African Americans from settling out West

• settle Native Americans in farming communities.

• make money for the government.

• encourage white families to develop the West.

a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of the United States, completed in 1869.

• Eastern-Western Connector

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Atlantic-Pacific Line

• American Pacific Link

Which of the following best describes Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that the U.S. was destined to be the best country in the world

• The idea that God gave permission to the U.S. to fight anyone they wished

• The belief that the U.S. was the most powerful country in the world, and everyone has had a duty to respect that

• The idea that the U.S. had permission from God to expand west

How did so many Americans end up in Mexico’s state known as Texas?

• Americans invaded the area believing it their right to do so

• Mexico invited Americans in to keep their claim on the area

• Americans slowly pushed into Mexico and Mexico never noticed

• Mexico refused to let Americans in, but they came in anyway

What does the word annex mean?

• To add through expansion

• To take territory away from a country

• To add through war and violence

• To add land through westward expansion

Which minority group still maintains a large presence in California due to the Gold Rush?

• African Americans

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Cherokee

Which country sold the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• Italy

Who helped Meriwether Lewis lead the exploration of the Louisiana Territory?

• John Adams

• Aaron Burr

• William Clark

• Zebulon Pike

The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw peoples were collectively known as

• the “Five Civilized Tribes.”

• the “Five Warrior Tribes.”

• the “Native American Nation.”

• the “Native American People.”

Discoveries made in California more than doubled the world's supply of which item?

• Farmland

• Gold

• OIl

• Water