Vocabulary
What are people who went to an area where gold had been discovered called?
Forty-niners
Who was the President of Mexico?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
After what battle did Texas sign a declaration of independence?
The Alamo
What was Andrew Jackson's belief about Native Tribes?
They were a threat to the growth of the United States.
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
Old Hickory
Jackson's "system"?
Spoils System
What is a large group of wagons travelling together west for safety called?
Wagon Train
Who was the President that forced the Native tribes to leave their homes?
Andrew Jackson
Where was gold first discovered in California?
Sutter's Mine
What law was passed that forced Native tribes to move away from their homes?
Indian Removal Act
Who was the Native Chief that went to the Supreme Court to protest the Indian Removal Act?
John Ross - Cherokee Chief
Why were the California miners called "Forty-Niners"?
They all arrived in 1849
What is the belief that the United States has the right to claim land called?
Manifest Destiny
Osceola
What was the most popular trail to the West?
Oregon Trail
Which state threatened to secede if they were forced to pay a tax on imports?
South Carolina
What was the name of the newspaper published by the Sequoyah?
Cherokee Phoenix
_________town
A boomtown
What were the fur trappers of the western mountains called?
Mountain Men
What is the name of the Indigenous Native who created the 1st Native alphabet?
Sequoyah
In what state is the "Indian Territory" that the Native tribes were moved to?
Oklahoma
Why was the Trail of Tears called that?
Native tribes called it the place where they suffered and cried.
What treaty ended the Mexican-American war?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
7th U.S. President
Andrew Jackson
a method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad.
Mudslinging
What is the name of the Tennessee senator that fought at The Alamo?
Davey Crockett
What state did the Oregon Trail start?
Missouri
What year was the Indian Removal Act passed?
1830
Who created the painting "American Passage"?
John Gast
A government with too many rules is called?
a bureaucracy
person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority.
Vigilante
Who wrote the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
What was the original city for Texas's capitol?
Houston
Which group of Native tribes went on the Trail of Tears journey?
Cherokee tribe
What was Manifest Destiny?
The American thought that God was wanting Americans to control all the land from the East Coast to the West Coast.
Cultural _____________
cultural assimilation
practice of handing out government jobs to supporters
Spoils System
What American General fought the Mexican army at the Rio Grande?
General Zachary Taylor
What state did the Seminole tribe come from?
Florida
Name 3 reasons why people moved West
Religious freedom, cheap land, gold and silver.
What is the name of the document that was signed to end the Mexican-American war?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
I am the police, judge, and jury with no legal authority. I am called?
a vigilante