Question

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the westward expansion of
the United States?
A. The United States went to war with Mexico.
B. Native Americans were allowed to keep their lands.
C. The boundaries of the United States extended from the Atlantic to Pacific
Oceans.
D. Trade increased because of fur, lumber, and precious metals.
45. Which of the following was a major cause of removing Native Americans and the
Trail of Tears?
A. Native Americans were running out of buffalo
B. Americans wanted Native American lands in the southeast
C. A Supreme Court decision giving Native American’s land in Oklahoma
D. The fertile land west of the Mississippi River

Base your answer to question 46 on the graphic organizer below and on your knowledge
of social studies.


















46. Which title best completes this graphic organizer?
A. Expansion of Slavery
B. Results of Manifest Destiny
C. Goals of the Monroe Doctrine

Answer 1

1) B. Native Americans were allowed to keep their lands.
- Westward expansion led to Native American removal and loss of land, not their retention.

45) B. Americans wanted Native American lands in the southeast.
- The desire for fertile land for cotton and settlement drove the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears.

46) B. Results of Manifest Destiny.
- The items in the organizer (war with Mexico, territorial expansion to the Pacific, economic growth, Native American removal) are results of Manifest Destiny.