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Westward Expansion
Test Description: Westward Expansion
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the idea that the United States should expand all the way west to the Pacific Ocean?
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Global Expansion
C
Trail of Tears
D
Pacific Progress
2) What is the Trail of Tears?
A
The route taken by settlers to move west.
B
The path pioneers traveled on to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
C
The path slaves from the south would take to gain their freedom in the north.
D
The forced journey of Cherokee Indians from their homes to lands in the west.
3) A land purchase from France which doubled the size of the United States.
A
Kentucky Purchase
B
Louisiana Purchase
C
Georgia Purchse
D
Texas Purchase
4) These people were charged with exploring the Louisiana Purchase:
A
Mr. Wincent and Mr. Stanley
B
Lewis and Blake
C
Lewis and Clark
D
Clark and Gabriel
5) A major cause of the War of 1812 was what?
A
Militarism: The build-up of French forces along the outlining American territories.
B
Impressment: Britain stole American ships and forced American sailors into the British navy.
C
Imperialism: Spanish held Florida attempted to take American lands in the south.
D
Expansion: American settlers moved west and violated the terms of the Proclamation of 1736.
6) The Supreme Court case that established judicial review was:
A
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
B
Marbury v. Madison
C
McCulloch v. Maryland
D
Brown v. Board
7) What did the Monroe Doctrine do?
A
Promoted the removal of Native Americans to move west
B
Warned American citizens to join the Federalist Party
C
Promoted American citizens to join the U.S. Navy.
D
Warned European countries to stay out of North America
8) The name of the water route connecting waterways through New York:
A
Erie Canal
B
Albany Canal
C
Ontario Canal
D
Huron Canal
9) This 1820 act admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and forbid slavery north of the 36th parallel:
A
Louisiana Purchase
B
Missouri Compromise
C
Proclamation of 1863
D
Maine Mania
10) Why was slavery an issue as the United States expanded west?
A
Most people were morally against the expansion of slavery.
B
Northerners believed the pro-slavery majority of Congress did not represent their interests.
C
Southerners supported the gradual reduction of slavery over time as less slaves were needed with new inventions.
D
Southerners promised to not expand slavery beyond the Cotton Kingdom.
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