Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

Which of the following organized the area north of the Ohio River and organized how a state could become a state?

• Oregon Trail

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• California Trail

• Proclamation of 1763

What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It doubled the size of the United States.

• It helped the French ruler Napoleon get out of debt.

• It helped fur traders have more land to hunt on.

• All of these are correct.

What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• To map our the territory acquired by France in the Louisiana Purchase.

• To make a record of what types of plant and animal species were in this territory.

• To secure peace with Native Tribes and let them know they were now under the rule of Thomas Jefferson.

• All of these are correct

What were some of the issues that settlers faced when they were headed west?

• Disease and illness

• Weather and the Elements

• Native American interaction

• All of these are correct

What opportunities did westward expansion offer the Exodusters?

• An opportunity to settle on land of their own

• An opportunity to escape the sharecropping system that existed in the south.

• An opportunity to start a new life.

• All of these are correct.

What were some of the effects of Westward Expansion?

• Technology spread out across the West with the coming of the railroads and the telegraph.

• Destruction of Native American lands and natural resources.

• Destruction of buffalo habitats and populations

• All of these are correct.

What invention, installed by farmers in the West will eventually end the cattle drive?

• Sod Plows

• Barbed Wire

• Pony express

• Railroad tracks

In the early 1800's, when a state entered the United States, if it was north of the Ohio river..

• Enslavement was permitted by law

• Enslavement was not permitted by law

In the early 1800's if a state was south of the Ohio River when it was admitted to the United States...

• Enslavement was permitted

• Enslavement was not permitted

The largest issues causing conflict in the early 1800's that would become major problems in the 1800's were...

• Native American affairs

• Expansion of territory in the United States

• Expansions of Slavery

• All of these are correct