1.The purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to explore land gained through the (1) Louisiana Purchase Answer
(2) Gadsden Purchase
(3) purchase of Florida
(4) purchase of Alaska

2. During the 1840s, Americans used the idea of Manifest Destiny to justify the
(1) expansion of women’s rights
(2) acquiring of new territories Answer
(3) beginning of free public education
(4) repeal of the Missouri Compromise

3. Many Americans justified westward expansion during the 1840s based on
(1) a belief in Manifest Destiny Answer
(2) a need to preserve the natural environment
(3) the authority of the Monroe Doctrine
(4) the constitutional principles in the Bill of Rights

4. President Andrew Jackson defended the spoils system as a benefit to democracy because it (1) created more political parties
(2) granted the right to vote to more people
(3) increased the power of the states
(4) filled government jobs with common citizens

5. Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman were all 19th-century leaders in the movement to
(1) reform prisons
(2) establish woman’s suffrage
(3) protect Native American Indians
(4) abolish slavery

6. A major goal of the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) was to
(1) form a new political party
(2) oppose the Mexican War
(3) publicize the need for women’s rights
(4) improve public education

7. In the late 1800s, rapid urbanization was mainly the result of the
(1) shortage of land for new farms
(2) federally funded city redevelopment projects
(3) impact of industrialization
(4) migration of formerly enslaved persons to the West

8. Which land acquisition added the most territory to the United States?
(1) annexation of Texas
(2) purchase of Florida
(3) treaty for Oregon
(4) Louisiana Purchase

9. Eli Whitney and Samuel Slater were important to the early Industrial Revolution in the United States because they
(1) developed new methods of manufacturing
(2) invented new forms of transportation
(3) built machines powered by steam
(4) improved techniques in the production of steel

10. Which situation led directly to the War with Mexico (1846–1848)?
(1) settlement of the Oregon Territory
(2) annexation of Texas
(3) discovery of gold in California
(4) removal of Native American Indians from their lands

11. During the late 1800s, barbed wire fences and sod houses were most likely found
(1) on the Great Plains
(2) in the deep South
(3) along the Great Lakes
(4) in the Pacific Northwest

12. Which action toward Native American Indians did the United States government take between 1820 and 1840?
(1) paying Native American Indians a fair price for their land
(2) passing a law giving all Native American Indians United States citizenship
(3) encouraging Native American Indians to take jobs in factories
(4) removing Native American Indians from their tribal lands and placing them on reservations

Part 2

What were TWO things that happened in America that made pioneers want to go out west? Why were they going west?
What is the declaration of sentiments/the Seneca Falls convention and why are they so important?
Andrew Jackson was a very controversial leader in US history. What is something that he did that portrays him as negatively? What did he do that made citizens like him?
What was the Indian Removal Act and what impact did it have on America?
Pls answer by 2pm Est 5/3/21