Growth and Expansion

Question 1

manifest destiny

Answer 1

• the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico.

Question 2

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 2

• Purchase of 828,000 square miles from France
• Encompasses 15 current states
• Purchased by Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

The Trail of Tears

Answer 3

• Series of forced relocations of Native American nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Thousands of the Cherokee Indians died

Question 4

Civil War

Answer 4

• States rights
• Slavery
• Abraham Lincoln
• Cotton gin, railroads, telegraph,

Question 5

Dred Scott Case

Answer 5

• declared that all blacks – slaves as well as free – were not and could never become citizens of the United States

Question 6

Gettysburg address

Answer 6

• Famous speech by Lincoln giving purpose to the civil war

Question 7

13th amendment

Answer 7

abolished slavery

Question 8

16th amendment

Answer 8

women right to vote/ women’s suffrage

Question 9

The new deal

Answer 9

Series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938, and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933–37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the “3 Rs”: Relief, Recovery, and Reform.