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Westward Expansion #3- Impact on Native Americans and Slavery

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The U.S. expansion had a negative impact on Native Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The U.S. kept all of the treaties it made with Native Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 outlawed slavery in those territories.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The regions of the Northwest Ordinance became the states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Indian Removal Act was a law passed by Congress that provided land and money to enter into treaties with Native Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

All of the tribes moved voluntarily and there were no problems as a result of the Indian Removal Act.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The Seminole Indians fought a war with the U.S. and won. They were able to stay on their land.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Cherokee refused to move and took their case to the Supreme Court. They won, but President Jackson forced them off their land anyway.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The removal of the Cherokee was known as the Trail of Tears.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which compromise stated that the territories above Missouri would be free and the ones below would be slave?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

11.

Which compromise allowed California to enter the U.S. as a free state, upsetting the balance between free states and slave states?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

12.

Which compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

13.

Which act repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing territories to vote on whether to be free or slave states?

a)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

b)

Dred Scott Decision

c)

Indian Removal Act

14.

Which compromise passed the Fugitive Slave Law after allowing California to enter as a free state?

a)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Dred Scott Decision

15.

What is the name of Supreme Court case that ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the U.S. and slaves were property?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

c)

Missouri Compromise

16.

Which act caused fighting to break out, nicknaming the territory "Bleeding Kansas"?

a)

Indian Removal Act

b)

Kansas- Nebraska Act

c)

Dred Scott Decision