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WorksheetsUnit 6/7: Jackson and Westward Expansion
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What happened in 1803?
America annexes Florida
America buys the Louisiana territory from the French
America annexes Texas
The Industrial Revolution began
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that political party supporters should be given government jobs
A policy forcing Natives to move West onto reservations
The belief that the US would spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific
A plan for how America would divide up its land
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A change from handmade products to machine manufacturing
A growth in patriotism
People moving away from cities to live in rural areas
An increase in agriculture in the US
What was the US-Mexican War?
A conflict caused by the Industrial Revolution
A conflict caused by the US annexing Texas
A conflict over the use of the spoils system
A conflict caused by the US annexation of Florida
What is rural?
Having to do with raising animals
Having to do with cities
Having to do with making manufactured goods
Having to do with areas outside of cities
What is urban?
Having to do with cities
Having to do with raising animals
Having to do with areas outside a city
Having to do with making manufactured goods
What is the Missouri Compromise (1820)?
An agreement that America would cover all of North America
America bought territory from France for $15 million dollars
Missouri came in as a slave state and Maine as a free state; no slavery above the 36 30' line
A plan the government had for the lands in the Northwest Territory
What is the Lowell System?
The agreement that officially ended the US-Mexican War
The process of using interchangeable parts in manufacturing
A change from handmade products to machine manufacturing
A factory system in Massachusetts using young girls as labor in textile factories
What was the Spoils System?
Jackson's idea of rewarding political party supporters with government jobs
The removal of Natives from their tribal lands
Jackson's idea of making improvements to roads, bridges, and canals
The removal of a government official that has been loyal
Who was Andrew Jackson?
The Hero of the US-Mexican War
The 5th President of the United States
President who represented the wealthy citizens of America
The 1st President from the West; represented the common man
What is true about John Quincy Adams?
Strong supporter of states' rights
Favored strong Nationalism against states' rights; against pro-slavery messages
Supported most pro-slavery messages
Fought against Nationalism; was very pro-slavery
What was the Cotton Gin?
Invented by Eli Whitney; made harvesting crops easier
Invented by Cyrus McCormick; decreased the demand for labor from enslaved people
Invented by Cyrus McCormick; Made harvesting crops easier
Invented by Eli Whitney; separated seeds from cotton fibers; increased demand for labor from enslaved people
What was McCormick's Reaper?
An invention in agriculture that increased farmer's ability to harvest crops quickly
A machine used to separate seeds from cotton fibers
An invention in manufacturing to make goods faster
A machine used to plant crops
What is an immigrant?
Person who moves within a country
Person who stays in the country they were born in
Person who moves from one country to another; usually for better opportunities
Person who visits a lot of other countries
What were internal improvements that were made in the US?
The Lowell factory system
The hiring of political party supporters for government jobs
The annexation of new territories
The building of roads, bridges, and canals
What was Nullification?
The disagreement over the National Bank
The process a state follows to get rid of a law that it does not agree with
The government's plan for the Northwest Territory
What officially ended the US-Mexican War
What was the Indian Removal Act?
The policy during Jackson's presidency forcing Natives to pay for land or move west
The removal of settlers from Natives' land
The Supreme Court case that declared that the Cherokee Nation could keep their land
The policy that moved all Natives to territory on the east coast
Who was John C. Calhoun?
Senator from South Carolina
The eighth US President
A senator from Georgia
A Representative from Massachusetts
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
The land given from Mexico to the US
The government's plan for internal improvements
The government's plan for the lands of the Northwest Territory
An agreement with Spain giving Florida to the US
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
The territory of Texas
The strip of land south of the Mexican cession purchased from Mexico
The territory of Florida
The land bough from France for $15 million in 1803
What was the Mexican Cession?
A plan for improvements in the US; roads, bridges, canals
Land purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
Land purchased from Spain
Land given up by Mexico; all of current southwest US
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
It ended the American Revolution
It ended the US-Mexican War
It ended the War of 1812
It ended the Spanish-American War
What was the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Spain's agreement to give Florida to the US
Mexico's agreement to give Texas to the US
France's agreement to give Louisiana to the US
The end of the US-Mexican War
What was the Oregon Territory?
Land won in the Spanish-American War
Land taken from Spain in the Southwest
Land won in the US-Mexican War
Land in the Pacific Northwest acquired from Britain
What was Texas Annexation?
Land added to the US that caused the US-Mexican War
Land added as part of the Louisiana Purchase
Land that Mexico freely gave to the US
Land that was acquired through a treaty with Britain
