Manifest Destiny
This phrase was used to justify U.S. expansion across the continent.
A) Monroe Doctrine
B) Jacksonian Democracy
C) Manifest Destiny
D) American System
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law by which president?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) James Monroe
C) Andrew Jackson
D) Martin Van Buren
The U.S. purchased this territory from France in 1803.
A) Alaska
B) Louisiana Purchase
C) Florida
D) Texas
The stated purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to…
A) Promote Native sovereignty
B) Exchange Native lands in the East for western territory
C) End slavery in the South
D) Create new states
Which 1860 event directly led to Southern secession?
A) John Brown’s raid
B) Election of Abraham Lincoln
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) Dred Scott decision
The Oregon Trail stretched from Missouri to which western destination?
A) San Francisco
B) Santa Fe
C) Portland
D) Salt Lake City
The Act gave the president power to exchange Native lands in the East for land…
A) In Canada
B) West of the Mississippi River
C) In Florida
D) In Mexico
This territory was shared between the U.S. and Britain until 1846.
A) Oregon Territory
B) Louisiana Territory
C) Alaska
D) Florida
The Indian Removal Act gave the president authority to negotiate ___ with tribes.
A) Treaties
B) Trade deals
C) Land purchases with states
D) Military alliances
Ulysses S. Grant’s siege of this city gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
A) Richmond
B) New Orleans
C) Vicksburg
D) Atlanta
Which U.S. state was once an independent republic before being annexed in 1845?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Utah
D) New Mexico
The Cherokee’s forced relocation journey is called the…
A) Oregon Trail
B) Trail of Tears
C) Long Walk
D) Great Trek
Which U.S. president is most closely associated with the Louisiana Purchase
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) James Madison
D) James Monroe
Which state pushed hardest for Cherokee removal?
A) Georgia
B) Alabama
C) Tennessee
D) Florida
Which Supreme Court case (1896) upheld “separate but equal” segregation laws?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Dred Scott v. Sandford
D) Roe v. Wade
The belief in Manifest Destiny often led to conflicts with this group.
A) Native Americans
B) British settlers
C) Spanish conquistadors
D) Canadian fur traders
The “Five Civilized Tribes” included the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and…
A) Seminole
B) Apache
C) Sioux
D) Navajo
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter the Union as a…
A) Slave state
B) Free state
C) Divided state (half slave, half free)
D) Territory
The long-term result of removal was…
A) Stronger Native sovereignty
B) Loss of millions of acres of Native land
C) Expansion of Native farming
D) Native independence
Reconstruction ended in 1877 after this political compromise.
A) Compromise of 1850
B) Compromise of 1877
C) Missouri Compromise
D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
President during the height of Manifest Destiny, overseeing annexation of Texas and the Oregon Treaty.
A) Andrew Jackson
B) James K. Polk
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Thomas Jefferson
The main “Indian Territory” was located in what is now this state.
A) Kansas
B) Oklahoma
C) Texas
D) Nebraska
The Homestead Act encouraged western settlement by…
A) Offering free land
B) Paying settlers to move west
C) Banning slavery in the territories
D) Granting loans for railroads
Which region of the U.S. pushed hardest for Indian removal due to farming expansion?
A) Northeast
B) South
C) Northwest
D) California
After Lincoln’s assassination, this man became president.
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Rutherford B. Hayes
D) Thaddeus Stevens