Westward Expansion Quiz

Explain "Manifest Destiny".

Provide at least 3 details to explain the dangers people faced on the Oregon Trail.

How did pioneers survived on the Oregon Trail?

• By hunting and gathering food

• By trading with Native Americans

• By forming wagon trains

• By using maps and guides

• all of the above

Which stop on the Oregon Trail was known for being a key starting point for pioneers?

• Courthouse Rock

• Independence Missouri

• Chimney Rock

• Fort Laramie

​ (a)   means “control by one power over a dependent area or people.”​

• Colonialism
• Manifest Destiny
• Expansionism

How did the U.S. Government Justify taking away native land?

Why were the Native tribes of the Southeast called the "Five Civilized Tribes"? (more than one answer)

• They adopted American style agriculture

• They adopted American/European style clothing

• They had fought against the British during the American revolution

• They created written alphabets and wrote constitutions

• Many converted to Christianity

Why did Americans want Cherokee land in what is today Georgia?

• • Settlers and their families sought to benefit economically by acquiring western land.

• • Plantation owners wanted to expand west for more land to grow cash crops like cotton.

• They believed they were fulfilling "Manifest Destiny"

President​ (a)   signed the Indian Removal act in 1830 which required all all​ tribes​ east (b)   to move west

• Andrew Jackson
• Mississippi River
• James K. Polk
• Platte River
• Oregon Territory
• John Quincy Adams

Give at least two reasons why people the eastern United States left their homes to travel to Oregon in the 1840s