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Unit 3 Formative Assessment

George Washingtons 1793 Proclamation of Neutrality

1. What was the purpose of George Washingtons Proclamation of Neutrality?
(What was it about, and why did he issue it?)

Westward Expansion
2. Explain how each of the following events expanded the nation westward.
Treaty of Greenville

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

(what was its purpose?)

3. What was the Adams-Onis Treaty? How did it expand the United States?

Foreign Entanglements
4. What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

5. Describe how the War of 1812 and the Monroe Doctrine are examples of American nationalism.
War of 1812

The Monroe Doctrine

Relations with Natives

6. Why were the Cherokee considered one of the Five Civilized Tribes? (what characteristics did they adopt?)

7. What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

Who was the primary supporter of the

Indian Removal Act?

How did this act lead to the Trail of Tears?

Immigration, Urbanization, and Industrialization

8. How did Industrialization impact the growth of cities? (why did people move from farms and villages to
the cities, and what drew immigrants to the United States between 1815 and 1860?)

9. What is the First Wave of Immigration, and what ethnic groups make up the immigrants who
entered the US in the 1840s and 1850s?

10. What is nativism and how does it relate to immigration during this time period?

Social and Religious Changes

11. How did the 2nd Great Awakening lead to/contribute to the start of many reform movements?
(Temperance, Abolition, Care for the Needy)

12. What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls convention? What groups supported this particular reform?

Manifest Destiny and Conflicts over Territorial Expansion

13. What is Manifest Destiny?

14. Why did the United States go to war with Mexico?

15. Describe 3 ways the United States fulfilled the idea of Manifest Destiny.
Trails West

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Mexican Cession