Unit 2 Quiz: Westward Expansion & the Age of Jackson

The legislative branch has less power than the executive and judicial branches.

The legislative branch creates laws for the United States in the US Congress.

The legislative branch includes the office of the president and executes the laws of the land.

The legislative branch interprets the laws of the United States in court cases like Roe v. Wade

doubled the size of the country, leading to a period of rapid westward expansion.

ended the Revolutionary War between Britain and the colonists.

strengthened the alliance between the Native American tribes and the U.S. government.

resulted in Louisiana becoming the newest state in the country.

The government viewed Native Americans as inferior and uncivilized people.

The U.S. government provided a treaty that gave wealth to Native Americans.

The Native Americans wanted a way out of the United States.

The Native Americans willingly moved away from their lands.

appoint

assimilate

occupy

secede

a large amount of white settlers would gain the land that once was inhabited by a smaller group of Indians

the two tribes he mentioned pose the greatest challenge to land claimed by Americans in southern states.

he wishes to punish the American Indians for their alliances to the British and French in previous wars.

he will protect the native settlers by keeping white colonists from immigrating from the area.

Line 3-5 (“Two important...obvious advantages”)

Line 6-7 (“The consequences…Indians themselves”)

Line 7-8 (“It puts...the Indians”)

Line 8-9 (“It will...savage hunters”)

Paddle

Line

Argument

Racket

the idea that Americans had the right to own land in the West.

an urging for the United States settlers to trade with Native Americans.

a prediction of war between the North and South.

God’s punishment for American’s harsh treatment of Native Americans.

Peaceful blending of Native American and white cultures.

Industrialization, progress and new inventions.

Freedom for enslaved peoples in the new territory.

War between white settlers and Native Americans.

conclusion

start

beginning

realization

dissuade

prevent

encourage

challenge