Manifest Destiny

This painting best illustrates which of the following concepts?

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular Sovereignty

• Transcendentalism

• Abolitionism

Which statement best defines the concept of Manifest Destiny?

• The government of the United States should expand military control around the world.

• The government of the United States should move Native Americans to reservations.

• The people of the United States are entitled to expand across the continent.

• The people of the United States are filled with the creative energy of immigrants.

Policy by the US to force Native American groups away from their homes and settle in land in the west

• Louisiana Purchase

• Indian Removal

• Mexican-American War

• Homestead Act

U.S. bought Louisiana Territory from France. Doubled the size of the United States.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Indian Removal

• Mexican-American War

• Homestead Act

What does the following symbol represent?

Telegraph Wires

• Education

• Transportation

• Communication

• Religion

What does the following symbol represent?

School Book

• Education

• Transportation

• Communication

Who were asked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory?

• John Adams and James Madison

• George Washington and John Adams

• James Madison and Thomas Jefferson

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

One action taken by the United States with the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was . . .

• Native American tribes were forcibly removed from their lands.

• A treaty was agreed upon to share land claimed by the United States.

• Native Americans were allowed to peacefully live in "reservations."

• Appealed to Congress to challenge Native American ownership of their land.

True/False: Andrew Jackson agreed with the Supreme Court's ruling regarding the Indian Removal Act.

• True

• False

The name of the deadly journey for Native American Indians was called the . . .