Manifest Destiny
Wars
Westward Expansion
Settling the West
Treaties
100
In 1823, as President, I established a Doctrine telling Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
Who is James Monroe?
100
Francis Scott Key
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner (the US National Anthem)?
100
This is what Lady Columbia leading the settlers West as depicted in this painting represents.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
We are a religious group who escaped persecution in the East and found our home in Salt Lake City.
Who are the Mormons?
100
Along with the state of Maine, this state entered the union in 1820 to maintain the balance between northern free states and southern slave states.
What is Missouri?
200
In 1803, I was the strict constructionist president who agreed to the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
I said "the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has made his decision, now let him enforce it," in defiance was stated by this politician who supported the common man's entry into Georgia.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
True or False. The Homestead Act directly led to establishing Indian (Native American) reservations.
False.
200
The Erie Canal connected these two bodies of water.
What are the Hudson River and Lake Erie?
200
I was the Supreme Court Justice over the following cases that strengthened federal power:
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCullough v. Maryland
Worchester v. Georgia
Who is John Marshall?
300
As many Cherokees, I was forced out of Georgia and into this state, known as the Reservation State.
What is Oklahoma?
300
I accused John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay of a corrupt election in 1824.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Attaining this Pacific Coastal State was the major goal of President James K. Polk.
What is California?
300
Only one of these do not belong to the territory of California:
49ers the Klondike
Sutter's Mill Bear Flag Revolt
What is the Klondike?
300
The Spanish Empire sold Florida to the US in this Treaty.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
400
This country signed the Oregon Treaty with the US and established the 49th parallel as the border in the West.
Who are the United Kingdom?
400
The General and leader of Mexico who ordered the attack on the Alamo.
Who is Santa Ana?
400
I was a brave young native woman who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific while pregnant.
Who is Sacajawea?
400
Before finally moving out West, the Mormons first left New York to this city in Illinois.
What is Nauvoo?
400
Is the reason James Gadsden bought lands in now New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico for $10 million.
What is to finish the Southern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad?
500
This company built the railroad tracks from Sacramento to Utah.
What is Central Pacific Railroad Company?
500
Tecumseh's Native confederation fell apart upon his death without strong leadership.
Why was a weak political connection of many tribes bound to fail?
500
This city made the Midwest possible as the #1 Rail city and #1 Meat Producer.
What is Chicago?
500
This state is where Heise moved from and is located in the Bread Basket of the US.
What is Minnesota?
500
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established these three territories as part of the United States.
What are Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico?