Growth & Expansion

What did many Americans call the War of 1812?

• The Second War for Independence

• The Great War

• The First World War

• The War of the 1800s

What is one thing the British did to the Americans that caused them to declare war in 1812:

• seized their ships and cargo

• seized their women and children

• invited them to join the British Army

• invited them to become citizens of the United States

What is one building the British burned down during the war of 1812?

• the White House in Washington D.C.

• the naval academy building

• the Lincoln Memorial

• the United States museum of Natural History

What is a rampart?

• to be brave and fearless

• something that is really dangerous

• a way of saying the walls of a fort

• weapons

What was Manifest Destiny?

• God-given right and responsibility to move east

• God-given right and responsibility to move west

• a duty to discover new plants and animals

• a list on a ship to keep track of sailors

An effect of Manifest Destiny was: select all that apply

• Moved west on the Oregon Trail

• People came in search of gold in California

• An overpopulation of animals like the buffalo

• Peaceful relations between Native Americans & Settlers

During Manifest Destiny, what animal was hunted to the point of extinction?

• horse

• buffalo

• sheep

• cattle

What does it mean to annex land in the west?

• add

• remove

• segregate

• separate

One perspective of Manifest Destiny was:

• that European settlers could take better care of the land than the Natives

• that European settlers and Native Americans could both take care of the land west

• that Native Americans could take care of the land better than the European Settlers

• that those searching for gold in California were wasting their time

What new technologies were introduced during Manifest Destiny? select all that apply

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Steam boat

• Telegraph

• Automobile