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SOL 6a Louisiana Purchase

Quiz by joyce lackey

Virginia and United States History
History and Social Science
Virginia Standards of Learning

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  • Q1
    to move to a different location

    reservation

    exile

    deportation

    relocation
    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q2
    natives of an area who have been conquered or dominated by others who came later

    Native American

    homeland

    indigenous people

    nonindigenous people

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q3
    formal agreements between nations

    written agreement

    write of assistance

    Treaties

    Contract

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q4
    Became president in 1803; member of the Democratic-Republican political party; purchased the Louisiana Territory and authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition

    John Adams

    George Washington

    Thomas Jefferson

    Alexander Hamilton

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q5
    A Shoshone Indian woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition.

    Peaceful Waters

    Sojourna

    Pocahontas 

    Sacajawea
    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q6
    the theory that the US was divinely mandated to expand across North America to the Pacific Ocean; people believed it was their God-given right to settle western lands

    Declaration of Independence

    Monroe Doctrine

    Treaty

    Manifest Destiny
    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q7
    Land they have lived on for generations
    ancestral homelands

    Burial of the Ancient 

    elder homelands

    reservations

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q8
    The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled from North Carolina and Georgia through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas-more than 800 miles (1,287 km)-to the Indian Territory. More than 4, 000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.

    Indian Removal Act

    Land of Sorrow

    Trail of Tears

    Removal Act 

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q9
    land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans
    reservation

    ancestral homeland

    natural preservation site

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q10
    Leader of the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase

    William Clark

    Robert Livingston

    Meriweather Lewis (1774-1809)

    Thomas Jefferson

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q11
    A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory

    Meriweather Lewis 

    Thomas Jefferson

    William Clark

    Robert Livigstom

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q12
    territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

    Western Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Lewis and Clark Expedition 

    New America

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q13
    Andrew Jackson favored pushing all American Indians west of the Mississippi River. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 provided for federal enforcement of this policy, Jackson defied the Supreme Court in the case of Worcester v. Georgia in 1832, which would allow Indians to stay.
    Trail of Tears (1838)

    Trail of Death

    Trail of Pain

    Trail of Sorrow

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q14
    Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812), took Florida from Spain, 7th President of the United States; pushed for the removal of Indians off of their native land; killed the national bank, hired his unqualified friends for government jobs, vetoed the most bills, threatened to kill his vice-president, ignored the other branches of government & did what he wanted, expanded the powers of the executive branch and expanded voting rights.

    James Madison

    Thomas Jefferson

    Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

    George Washington

    30s
    VUS.6.a
  • Q15
    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Western Mississippi Expedition

    Gave the United States claim to the Oregon territory.

    Gave the United States claim to California

    Exploring the West

    30s
    VUS.6.a

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