| A | B |
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| Manifest destiny | The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean |
| The Louisiana Territory was purchased from | France |
| The Indian Removal Act of 1830 | led to the Trail of Tears where large numbers of Cherokee Native Americans died on their journey |
| Cultural diffusion | occurs when one culture influences another culture. |
| Mercantilism | was the idea that colonies should make money for the mother country. |
| The colonists began to use the phrase, “No taxation without representation” and threw _______ overboard into the Boston Harbor to rebel against paying the taxes. | tea |
| The Battle of Saratoga was known as a _________ event because it changed things and they would never be the same again. | watershed |
| The Articles of Confederation was the first plan to run the United States, but it was too weak, so the leaders wrote the ______________. | The Constitution of the United States |
| Problems with _____________ led to the War of 1812. | England |
| Transcendentalism | The reform movement that emphasized living in harmony with nature |
| What immigrant population contributed to the construction of the railroad? | Chinese |
| Native Americans (Indians) called black men in the US army ___________. | Buffalo Soldiers |
| As people moved west, farms were developed on the Great Plains. The new settlers began __________________ to sell crops and livestock. | commercial farming |
| Which of the following was one of the reasons Chief Joseph stopped his attempt to lead his people to Canada? | Native Americans did not have blankets and had very little food. |
| The US Government decided reservations caused problems, so they gave Native Americans land hoping they would learn to farm and adopt settler’s way of life. This effort was known as the _________. | Dawes Severalty Act |
| The ______________ was a policy that said if European countries tried to settle or cause trouble in North or South America the United States would take action to stop them. | Monroe Doctrine |
