Westward Expansion

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 

• Monroe Doctrine 

• Great Awakening 

• Louisiana Purchase

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories

• removal of European influence from South America

• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

• secession of southern states from the nation

What was the effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Became a more efficient form of transportation for settlers

• Increased trade between the east and west and boosted the economy

• Polluted the air and the natural environment

• All of the above

_______ is the idea that God wanted America to have land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• Providence

• The Spoils System

• Manifest Destiny

• The Shining She

Historically, the map shown is relevant because it shows

• the effect of the "Northwest Ordinance."

• trails used in the relocation of Native Americans.

• how the United States completed its "Manifest Destiny."

• the migration of people out of the California territory.

The United States acquired the ​ (a)   when a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land.

• Oregon Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Territory

• Florida Territory

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8.6B

Who do historians consider the greatest Mountain Man? He explored more of the West, and collected more beaver pelts, than anyone else in the 1820's & 1830's. He also is credited with finding South Pass, a 12-mile gap in the Rocky Mountains that wagons could get through. (a)  

• Jedediah Smith

• Jim Beckwourth

• Hugh Glass

• Meriwether Lewis

Label each component of our unit cover image with it's related concept.

c

d

e

f

Bimetallism Debates

Native American Displacement

Decreasing Buffalo Herds

Creation of Agricultural Colleges

Emerging Technologies.

Hardships of Farmers

Match the territory to how it was gained:

• Florida

• Became an independent country, then joined the US.

• California/Southwest

• Treaty with Great Britan.

• Oregon

• Bought from France.

• Texas

• Treaty with Spain.

• Louisiana

• Won after war with Mexico.

How did the development of the railroad impact the bison population?

• the amount of bison did not change

• the amount of bison decreased

• the amount of bison increased

• bison migrated east