Native or original inhabitant of an area or region.

The belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the US to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.

1901 law that affected Cuba's rights to negotiate treaties and permitted the US to maintain its naval base at Guantánamo Bay and to intervene in Cuban affairs "for the preservation of Cuban independence." until 1934.

The Native American chief under whom the Sioux tribes united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains. Remembered for his great courage and stubborn determination to resist white domination.

The Native American chief of the Oglala Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn.

The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

1917 Law that granted Puerto Ricans US citizenship.

The foreign policy stating the US opposed any further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere. “You stay in your backyard and we will stay in ours”.

The foreign policy stating that the US was the protector of our side of the world and would use military force to restore internal stability to nations anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.

The purchase of Alaska by the United States from the Russian Empire in 1867 for $7.2 million.

The ability of an independent state/nation to control its own affairs.

1890 massacre by the US Army’s 7th Cavalry that left over 300 Sioux dead in South Dakota. It effectively ended the Ghost Dance movement and all remaining organized Native American resistance.

Beginning in 1831, the forced relocation of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations. Most infamously associated with the death of 4,000 Cherokees between 1838 & 1839.

1864 attack by the Colorado militia that left 133 Cheyenne and Arapaho people, 105 which were women and children, slaughtered.

A tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe.

Linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; built by the US (1904–14), after an unsuccessful previous attempt (1880–89) by the French. Is currently controlled and operated by the host country.

1876 battle where the Lakota and Cheyenne tribes, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, inflicted an embarrassing defeat on the US Army’s 7th Cavalry in the Montana Territory. Also referred to as “Custer’s Last Stand.”

Seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.

1830 law authorizing the forced removal of Native American Tribes east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the Mississippi River. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.

The social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group.

1887 law that divided the reservation system into individual plots of land. Native Americans were forced to give up their tribal traditions and assimilate into white agrarian society.

To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.

Any extent of region under the sovereign jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States, including all waters (around islands or continental tracts) and all U.S. naval vessels.

The last monarch and leader of the sovereign Hawaiian Kingdom when the nation was overthrown by US businessmen on January 17, 1893.

Which of the following has NOT been used as a justification for territorial expansion?

Which of the following quotes best represents the concept of Manifest Destiny?

All of the following were reasons given by American imperialists for US involvement in foreign lands EXCEPT…

Which letter represents where sugar plantation owners overthrew Queen Liliuokalani in 1893?

What event does the painting above depict?

Exaggerated and sensationalized stories published by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst prior to and during the Spanish American War were best known by this nickname…

Which letter represents the location where one of the 20th century’s most difficult engineering projects was undertaken by the US government?

As a result of the Spanish American War of 1898, the US gained all of the following Spanish possessions EXCEPT…

How did most Native Americans view land ownership?

The US reservation policy did all of the following EXCEPT…

Which letter represents where territory was thought to be foolishly purchased from the Russian Empire in 1867?

The concept most closely associated with the painting above is……

All of the following are connected with the painting shown above EXCEPT…

What was destroyed and helped to force the Plains Indians to give up there way of life and submit to the US reservation policy?

The editorial cartoon shown above is most closely associated with which President’s foreign policy?

Which of the following is a true statement regarding the Monroe Doctrine? The doctrine states…

The painting above, titled American Progress, includes many technologies used for westward expansion EXCEPT...

Which letter represents where a War for Independence was fought against the US following the Spanish American War?

Which of the following photographs best represents Crazy Horse?

Which of the following sayings is most closely associated with the editorial cartoon shown above?

I Liliuokalani, by the Grace of God and under the Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the Constitutional Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom.

That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America whose Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed a Honolulu and declared that he would support the Provisional Government.

Now to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do this under protest and impelled by said force yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.

Done at Honolulu this 17th day of January, A.D. 1893.

In the statement above, ALL of the following can be inferred EXCEPT...

Which president famously said "I didn't steal the Panama Canal, I built it"?

Which letter represents the US territory of Puerto Rico?

Which of the following is NOT indigenous to North America?

ALL of the following are examples of the US government going against the Constitution's ideals and values of freedoms, rights, and laws EXCEPT...