Westward Expansion Review

The artwork displayed above best reflects American society during-

• the Age of Jackson

• Westward Expansion

• the Second Great Awakening

• Sectionalism

How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?

• It gave the United States a policy to follow for admitting new states as it grew.

• It established laws prohibiting European countries from colonizing North America.

• It set up transportation systems designed to connect western states to the northeast.

• It helped create treaties with Natives to relocate them west of the Mississippi River.

How did Chinese immigrants contribute to American society?

• removing resources from the land in California

• securing dangerous streets in the Northeast

• setting up farms in the Great Plains

• creating new innovations in the South using cotton

Which group worked in California (searching for gold) and also helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Italian

• Japanese

• Irish

• Chinese

What was the main reason the Chinese came to the U.S.?

• To help build the railroad

• To setup small farms

• In search for gold

• To setup factories

What group was harassed for their religion and eventually left their homes for Utah?

• Irish

• Chinese

• German

• Mormon

What is the overall theme of this image?

• Businesses can make money by hunting.

• Americans change the frontier.

• Technology like the railroad will make the environment better.

• Americans are self-sufficient.

-Population growing

-Economic downturn

-Idea of cheap land

-Trade with foreign countries

Which title completes the list above?

• States' Rights

• Free Enterprise

• Manifest Destiny

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

California & Florida were both formerly part of which country?

• Spain

• England

• France

• United States

"The acquisition of Oregon and annexation of Texas are good measures for the United States." -Democrat

This excerpt shows that Democrats supported what?

• using federal money for transportation in the west

• Socialism as a justification for expansion

• instituting Manifest Destiny as an official policy of the U.S.

• Stopping the growth of slavery into new parts of the U.S.