Quiz Bowl: Westward Expansion

This law divided the territory into sections because the government needed money.

Settlers began moving West for cheap land and more room.

The Wilderness Road cut a path through an Appalachian Mountain called the ______. 

How much did Jefferson pay for the Louisiana Purchase?

How many years did Lewis and Clark travel? 

What was the decision that proved that African Americans weren't citizens of the U.S?

The idea that the United States has the right to expand all the way to the Pacific coast.  

Owned by Spain, this purchase was made by John Quincy Adams for 5 million dollars.

Who was president during the expedition of Lewis and Clark?

This person located and explored the upper regions of the Mississippi River and made treaties. 

Name of the 13 day battle that led to Texas becoming a part of US.

This term came about when the Cherokee tribe was forced to march from Georgia to Oklahoma.

California was added to the union as a part of this ______. 

Jefferson bought land from France which doubled the size of the U.S. ________

This act was known as "Bleeding Kansas" because popular sovereignty. 

What was the name of the law that required citizens to turn in runaway slaves?

Name of the 300-mile pathway created over the Appalachian Mountains by Daniel Boone.

Which became a state of the US out of the Oregon Territory?

The ________ removed 46,000 Native American tribes from the south . 

Which best describes why the westward movement caused trouble for Native Americans?

Sacagawea helped translate words, and made Native Americans more trusting.

Which president was responsible for the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

The  _____ war  in Florida was fought when the Indians would not leave peacefully.

Before land is settled and becomes a state it is called a ____________.