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The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean became known as what?
a) Continental overspread
b) The great experiment
c) Manifest destiny
d) Providential development

The Louisiana Territory was purchased from what country in 1803?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Great Britain
d) Germany

As people moved west, Native Americans (American Indians) were pushed off their land. ____________ of 1830 led to the Trail of Tears where large numbers of Cherokee Native Americans died on their journey.
a) The Great Awakening
b) The American Dream Act
c) The manifest destiny
d) The Indian Removal Act

_______________ occurs when one culture influences another culture.
a) Cultural diffusion
b) Columbian Exchange
c) Triangle Trade
d) Exploration

Mercantilism was the idea that colonies should...
a) have freedom to do as they chose.
b) help the poor.
c) make money for the mother country.
d) should not accept any more people arriving by ships.

The colonists did not like paying taxes on things they needed and it made them angry. The colonists began to use the phrase, “No taxation without representation” and threw tea overboard into the Boston Harbor in an event known as the ________________
a) Boston Massacre
b) Revolutionary War
c) Boston Tea Party
d) Civil War

The Battle of Saratoga was known as a _________ event because it changed things and they would never be the same again. dream
a) dream
b) change
c) happy
d) watershed event

The Articles of Confederation was the first plan to run the United States, but it was too weak, so the leaders wrote the ______________.
a) The Articles of the United States
b) The New Plan
c) The Constitution of the United States
d) Manifest Destiny

Problems with _____________ led to the War of 1812.
a) Spain
b) Portugal
c) France
d) England

The reform movement that emphasized living in harmony with nature was known as ______________.
a) Transcendentalism
b) The Women’s Suffrage Movement
c) The Utopian Community Movement
d) Prison Reform

What immigrant population contributed to the construction of the railroad?
a) African
b) Native Americans
c) Chinese
d) Spains

Native Americans (Indians) called black men in the US army ___________.
a) Patriots
b) Loyalists
c) Buffalo Soliders
d) Senators

Over time, Chinese immigrants began to experience discrimination and violence directed at them. Eventually, a federal law was passed to prevent Chinese laborers from entering the country. This act was the ________.
a) Chinese Exclusion Act
b) Chinese Refusal Act
c) China Stop Law
d) Proclamation Law

As people moved west, farms were developed on the Great Plains. The new settlers began __________________ to sell crops and livestock.
a) fishing and planting
b) commercial farming
c) agriculture
d) to grow crops

Which of the following was one of the reasons Chief Joseph stopped his attempt to lead his people to Canada?
a) Native Americans did not have blankets and had very little food.
b) Native Americans said they liked the white man’s ways.
c) Native Americans wanted to make friends with the US Army.
d) Native Americans did not understand why they were moving to Canada.

The US Government decided reservations caused problems, so they gave Native Americans land hoping they would learn to farm and adopt settlers' way of life. This effort was known as the _________.
a) Native American’s Act
b) Jay's Treaty
c) Dawes Severalty Act
d) Monroe Doctrine

The ______________ was a policy that said if European countries tried to settle or cause trouble in North or South America the United States would take action to stop them.
a) Native American’s Act
b) Monroe Doctrine
c) Jay's Treaty
d) Dawes Severalty Act

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