Native Americans
How did American settlers feel about Native Americans?
Did not like or respect them; believed them to be similar to wild animals; uncultured, uncivilized.
What did they do? Why was this important?
They traveled west to explore undocumented lands, they were the first to do this.
What animal proved to be extremely helpful to settlers on the Great Plains?
A bison
What was the name of the land the US already had before the end of the American Revolution?
The 13 colonies
Who did the US buy the Louisiana Territory from?
France
What was the Indian Removal Act & who signed it? (answer both)
President Andrew Jackson; allowed the government to forcibly remove Native Americans from their home and relocate them out west past the Mississippi River.
Name the 3 main people involved in the expedition (full names).
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Sacagawea
Name two reasons why American travelers wanted to move west.
Better soil, more land, new opportunities, to be the first out there, Gold Rush
This territorial expansion brought Missouri into the US.
The Louisiana Purchase
What did the Treaty of Paris do (in terms of fighting)?
End the American Revolution
What were the goals of the Indian Removal Act? (name 3)
BONUS: Did American settlers support it?
Remove Natives from their traditional homelands, separate contact btwn them and white settlers, dehumanize/humiliate Natives, expose them to "proper" government, rid them of "bad habits"
Bonus: Yes, they wanted the land and wanted to be separate from Native Americans.
Explain what they found on their journey.
They documented the new lands and mapped them out, discovered and documented hundred of plant and animal species; documented interactions with Native Americans.
Name three hardships the people faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail.
Disease and infection, harsh weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and lack of supplies (food, tools, clothes).
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that America should expand its land to spread democracy and "civilization"
What did America do when they wanted the land down south by the Pacific Ocean?
They fought Mexico for it in the Mexican-American War.
Name and describe 3 impacts of the Trail of Tears.
Thousands of Natives died, they were exposed to diseases they couldn't fight, starved and dehydrated, not cared for at all, treated like animals (very harshly).
What impact did Native Americans have on their journey?
They helped them find supplies and correct routes; without their help (specifically of Sacagawea) they would not have been successful.
Name and describe two methods of transportation out west.
Steamboat - steam powered boat which could travel upstream
Canal - man-made water way to connect bodies of water
Pony Express - mail delivery system to quickly move mail
Oregon Trail - path which hundreds of thousands of pioneers traveled to get west
Transcontinental Railroad - 1st railroad connecting the country, made moving west much faster
What did the Treaty of Paris give us?
A new chunk of land west of the 13 colonies
When the option was available, how did Americans feel about traveling west?
They wanted to go to explore and find new opportunities
Name the 5 main Native American groups who were forced to move west.
BONUS: How many died on the Trail of Tears?
16,000
What difficulties did they face while exploring?
BONUS: How were they treated when they arrived home?
Hunger, dehydration, injury, illness, weather.
Bonus: They were treated like national heroes!
Changing seasons, rainfall and water sources unpredictable (dehydration), wind created dust storms and blizzards, lack of game animals (food), exposed to harsh weather.
Name these territorial expansions IN THE ORDER we got them.
Treaty of Paris
Texas Annexation
Oregon Country
13 colonies
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
13 colonies, Treaty of Paris, Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, Oregon Country, Mexican Cession
What was the result of the Mexican-American War?
Mexico lost and America gained the land west of Mexico (Mexican Cession).