AZ Specific
What does the stripes on Arizona's flag represent?
The red and yellow stripes represent the sun and the original 13 colonies.
What two cities were connected by the Gila Trail?
Gila Trail – 1000 mile road built in the 1840s to connect Santa Fe to San Diego, initially used by miners on their way to find gold in California. As towns were built along the trail, it became an increasingly important part of southwestern growth.
Name one tribe that was removed by the Indian Removal Act.
Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole
When did the Mexican War of Independence take place?
Mexican War of Independence - (1810–1821) a war between the Spanish colonial government and the people of Mexico who wanted independence from Spanish rule.
What does the star represent on Arizona's flag?
Copper Mining.
How long was the Santa Fe Trail? (in miles)
Santa Fe Trail – created in 1821 as part of the United States Westward Expansion. It was one of the longest (900 miles) and most important trade routes in the United States. The trail went from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Who fought Mexican and U.S. settlers who wanted to take his tribe's land?
Geronimo – leader and warrior of the Chiricahua band of the Apache people who spent most of his life fighting Mexican and U.S. settlers and soldiers who wanted to take the tribe’s land.
How much land did the US buy from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase?
Gadsden Purchase – (1853) the United States purchased 29000 square miles of land from Mexico to acquire the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad . It moved the border between the two countries south to its current border.
What is Arizona's state bird?
Cactus Wren
What did the Organic Act do? (2 things)
Organic Act – (1863) allowed Arizona to become its own territory (path to statehood) and gave the federal government access to Arizona’s silver and gold discoveries to help pay Civil War debt.
What was the name of the reservation that the Apache and Navajo people were sent to?
Bosque Redondo Reservation – 500 Apache and 7000 Navajo were forced to leave their homes, making the “long walk” to Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation along the Pecos river, an area that was not fit for farming or much else.
How much money was the land worth in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo - treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up a huge tract of land (known as the Mexican Cession) that included Texas, California and most of Arizona and New Mexico to the United States for a sum of $15 million.
Name three tribes that reside in the state of Arizona.
•Tohono O’Odham
•Pima-Maricopa
•Navajo Nation
•Apache
•Hopi
•Havasupai
Who did the Confederate States name as their president?
Jefferson Davis
In the Indian Removal Act, where were tribes relocated to?
Eastern Indians (including the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole) were to be removed from their tribal lands and relocated west of the Mississippi River.
When did the Mexican American War take place?
Mexican-American War – (1846-1848) the immediate cause (event that triggered fighting) was a dispute over the southwest border between the Mexico and the U.S. The U.S. also wished to acquire California for gold, Pacific access, and the expansion of slavery.
What county is Holbrook located in?
Navajo
Which states were admitted as a free state and a slave state in the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri- Slave State
Maine- Free State
Name any FIVE tribes that live in the United States.
1. Ak-Chin Indian Community
2. Cocopah Indian Tribe
3. Colorado River Indian Tribes*
4. Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
5. Fort Mojave Indian Tribe*
6. Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe
7. Gila River Indian Community
8. Havasupai Tribe
9. Hopi Tribe
10. Hualapai Tribe
11. Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
12. Navajo Nation*
13. Pascua Yaqui Tribe
14. Pueblo of Zuni
15. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
16. San Carlos Apache Tribe
17. San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
18. Tohono O'odham Nation
19. Tonto Apache Tribe
20. White Mountain Apache Tribe
21. Yavapai-Apache Tribe
22. Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe