Q2 Benchmark Review

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Across
  1. 3. The _______ ___ ____ _______ proved to both the United States and Europe that American forces could fight. 79
  2. 8. In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico agreed to cede the United States 500,000 square miles of land. This became known as the _________ _________. 108
  3. 9. The Indian Removal Act moved all Native American tribes to land west of the ___________ _______. 96
  4. 12. Many Native American groups did join Tecumseh's confederation and fought on the side of the _______ during the War of 1812. 69
  5. 15. The _________ _______ gave the United States direct access to the Port of New Orleans. 34
  6. 17. In the 1800s, many American citizens believed it was their natural right, given by God, to expand the country across North America. The belief the United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean became known as ________ ________. 111
  7. 18. The Second ________ _____followed the refusal of many Seminole people to abandon their lands in Florida to emigrate west of the Mississippi River. 100
  8. 19. As a result of the _____ _____ ____, the Muskogee people were forced to give up more than 23 million acres of their homeland and move farther west. 69
  9. 20. In the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a ___________ nation separate from the United States. 97
  10. 21. According to the decision made in Worcester v. Georgia, Georgia had no rights to enforce _____ laws in Cherokee Nation territory. 97
Down
  1. 1. Henry Clay and the War Hawks hoped that war with Britain would lead to an invasion of Canada and significant _________ ______ for the United States. 66
  2. 2. President James Monroe focused on the concerns about European influence in the __________ _________ in his address to Congress on December 2, 1823. The address became known as the Monroe Doctrine. 93
  3. 4. The British captured American sailors and forced them to serve in the British navy. This practice was known as _______________. 65
  4. 5. The American victory at the Battle of New Orleans reinforced American claims to ________________ and discouraged any British or other European countries attempts to claim it. 79
  5. 6. _______ accused Americans of using disputes with indigenous tribes to seize more territory. 68
  6. 7. The Louisiana Territory would serve as a stepping stone to continued _______ ________. 34
  7. 10. The Democratic-Republicans bitterly opposed the _______ ____ ______ ____. They believed the acts strengthened the power of the federal government beyond the bounds of the Constitution and violated people's rights. 24
  8. 11. Spending by the federal and state governments to finance internal improvements such as roads, canals, and railroads had a major impact on the _________. 89
  9. 13. Convinced that _________ had provided arms to Tecumseh’s confederation, settlers demanded the U.S. government punish British Canada. 68
  10. 14. During the ________ ____ _______, more than 4,000 Native Americans died from harsh weather, disease, starvation, and abuse. 98
  11. 16. As enslaved people escaped Southern plantations, the Seminole people provided a safe haven and accepted them into their communities. The First Seminole War began over these issues as U.S. troops attempted to recapture _________ people living among the Seminole tribes. 100