Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny

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Which statement summarizes the idea of Manifest Destiny, that America should own all land east to west? Options: Louisiana Purchase was the only part to this idea, U.S. peacefully got all land they wanted, People did not have the power to get new land, U.S. felt it was their right to buy, take, fight for, or compromise to get all the land they wanted.

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U.S. felt it was their right to buy, take, fight for, or compromise to get all the land they wanted.

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The U.S. wanted to use the land out west. What was the way the U.S. settled the issue with Native Americans living on the land out west?

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Indian Removal Act

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Reservations were lands set aside for Native people. Which statement was NOT true about the reservations? America cut funding to the reservations meaning shortage of food and supplies, Native Americans were left with no way of hunting, Native Americans were thankful for the land and the supplies and were peaceful in their new homes, Violence broke out on the reservations

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Native Americans were thankful for the land and the supplies and were peaceful in their new homes

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Discoveries made in California more than doubled the world's supply of which item?

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Gold

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The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw peoples were collectively known as

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the “Five Civilized Tribes.”

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Which minority group still maintains a large presence in California due to the Gold Rush?

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Chinese

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Which of the following best describes Manifest Destiny? The belief that the U.S. was destined to be the best country in the world, The idea that God gave permission to the U.S. to fight anyone they wished, The belief that the U.S. was the most powerful country in the world, and everyone has had a duty to respect that, The idea that the U.S. had permission from God to expand west

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The idea that the U.S. had permission from God to expand west

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What does the word annex mean?

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To add through expansion

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What was the forced location of thousands of Native Americans called?

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The Trail of Tears

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The size of the United States was doubled with

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the Louisiana Purchase