US History I Unit 5

Test Description: America

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) What gave the United States the power to remove the Cherokee Indians from their land?

2) What did the Cotton Gin do?

3) As a result of the Mexican War, the United States gained all the following future states except ______________

4) What did the American expansionists’ slogan “Fifty-four forty or fight!” refer to?

5) The Mexican War was fought over the issue of __________________

6) The idea that Americans have the right and duty to expand west is best described as what?

7) Who created a map so that Americans would be able to migrate and settle in the territory gained from the Louisiana Purchase?

8) The Gadsden Purchase is named after James Gadsden. James Gadsden was the U.S. ____________ who helped negotiate the treaty.

9) How did the Gadsden Purchase benefit the United States?

10) Which of the following does NOT describe Henry Clay.

11) Along with more territory in the west and new inventions, internal improvements were needed to help with western expansion. Which of the following is NOT an internal improvement that helped Americans travel by land?

12) The ___________ ___________ was the first national highway which made travel much easier. It connected Maryland to Illinois.

13) New inventions from the Industrial Revolution made farming much easier. Which of the following was not one of those inventions.

14) The _________ ___________ and the American System created new technologies and internal improvements that encouraged people to migrate and settle in the west.

15) While Western Expansion created opportunities for some people, it had a negative impact of others such as __________.

16) Americans believed that moving west would help them achieve the ___________ ___________. During Western Expansion, this included working hard to expand the nation from coast to coast.


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