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Westward Expansion

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  • Who did Andrew Jackson ignore when he enforced the Indian Removal Act?
    The Supreme Court
  • What term did Lewis and Clark use to refer to a band of the Otoe?
    Children
  • Which president oversaw the Indian Removal Act?
    Andrew Jackson
  • Which technology made it easier for farmers to harvest wheat and other grain?
    The Mechanical Reaper
  • Who completes the following list? Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison _________________ Zachary Taylor
    John Tyler
  • What were Great Britain's claims to Oregon based on?
    James Cook's Exploration and Hudson Bay Company
  • Which of the following terms is an example of a pull factor? Family members, disease, lack of Housing, discrimination
    family members
  • Which term means the idea that America was meant to grow so democracy and freedom could spread?
    Manifest Destiny
  • Which of the following were PULL factors for Westward Expansion? Doubling of the area of the country, Overpopulation
    Doubling of the area of the country
  • What was the effect of the Indian Removal Act?
    Forced migration of tens of thousands of Indigenous Americans
  • What was the goal of the First Seminole War 1814-1819?
    To suppress American Indian resistance in Florida
  • Which term means "to take over"?
    Annex
  • What was the last territorial acquisition between the years of 1800 and 1853?
    Gadsden Purchase
  • What treaty gave the United States control of the territory that would become California?
    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Historically, why has the history of Lewis and Clark been one-sided?
    Because it was defined by the white men's journals
  • Which groups were excluded (left out) of the "liberty and equality" that allegedly belonged to all citizens?
    Enslaved Persons, Indigenous Peoples, Free African Americans
  • What was the relationship like between Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea and her family? Good or Bad? Why?
    Good, Clark offered to help raise their child
  • In the early 1930s, a major drought struck the central United States affecting over 50 million acres of farm land. This in turn would result in the death of lots of crops used for food and an event called the Dust Bowl. Push or pull?
    Push
  • What was one reason for the annexation of Texas?
    Texans voted for annexation Statehood would guarantee defense against Mexican attacks and Native Americans raids. The republic wouldn't survive
  • What is the name for the movement from 1814-1858 that pressured to federal government to acquire Indian Territory?
    Indian Removal Movement
  • Select all of the following that were PUSH factors for Westward Expansion. Population Growth, agricultural opportunities, the Gold rush
    Population Growth