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What gave the United States the power to remove the Cherokee Indians from their land?
a) The Constitution
b) The Supreme Court
c) The Indian Removal Act of 1830
d) Andrew Jackson

What did the Cotton Gin do?
a) Made cotton
b) Grew rice
c) Spun cotton
d) Picked the seeds out of cotton

As a result of the Mexican War, the United States gained all the following future states except ______________
a) Wyoming
b) Nevada
c) Arizona
d) Utah

What did the American expansionists’ slogan “Fifty-four forty or fight!” refer to?
a) the belief that every American can work hard to get what they want
b) the latitude lines of the northern boundary of the Oregon territory
c) the idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west
d) the idea that colonists had the right to Native American land and that Native Americans should change their culture to learn

The Mexican War was fought over the issue of __________________
a) control of Texas I
b) Indians’ rights
c) religion
d) money

The idea that Americans have the right and duty to expand west is best described as what?
a) American System
b) Industrial Revloution
c) Manifest Destiny
d) American Dream

Who created a map so that Americans would be able to migrate and settle in the territory gained from the Louisiana Purchase?
a) Andrew Jackson
b) Supreme Court
c) John Sullivan
d) Lewis and Clark

The Gadsden Purchase is named after James Gadsden. James Gadsden was the U.S. ____________ who helped negotiate the treaty.
a) Ambassador
b) President
c) Explorer
d) Supreme Court judge

How did the Gadsden Purchase benefit the United States?
a) It allowed the US to purchase more territory from Mexico
b) It said that colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains
c) It called for the government to help with internal improvements
d) It granted citizenship to Native Americans

Which of the following does NOT describe Henry Clay.
a) Served in Congress for several years and even ran for President
b) Proposed the American System
c) Came up with the idea of Manifest Destiny
d) Was a powerful political figure during the mid 1800’s

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?
a) Trails
b) Canals
c) Roads
d) Railroads

The ___________ ___________ was the first national highway which made travel much easier. It connected Maryland to Illinois.
a) Cumberland Highway
b) First Transcontinental
c) Hand Cart
d) Erie Cana

New inventions from the Industrial Revolution made farming much easier. Which of the following was not one of those inventions.
a) Steel Plow
b) Steam Boat
c) Mechanical Reaper
d) Cotton Gin

The _________ ___________ and the American System created new technologies and internal improvements that encouraged people to migrate and settle in the west.
a) American Dream
b) Manifest Destiny
c) Industrial Revloultion
d) Cultural Diffusion

While Western Expansion created opportunities for some people, it had a negative impact of others such as __________.
a) Native Americans
b) Lewis and Clark
c) Supreme Court
d) Andrew Jackson

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.
a) Manifest Destiny
b) American System
c) Gadsden Purchase
d) American Dream

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