Westward Expansion
Which future state became an independent republic after breaking away from Mexico?
Texas
Name of the idea that expanding westward was the good and right thing to do?
Manifest Destiny
What was the “Trail of Tears”?
Journey where Cherokee Nation and other tribes were forced to relocate from their home land on a long trail.
What does "Suffrage" mean?
Right to vote
What does "Abolition" mean?
movement to free all slaves
Event in which Jefferson doubles the size of the US after a deal with France
Louisiana Purchase
The Homestead Act was passed to encourage new farmers to move west and farm because of what geographic factor?
Cheap fertile land
What effect did the American Indian Removal Act have on tribes like the Cherokee?
Many tribes had to relocate, causing the Trail of Tears
The women’s suffrage movement was meant for women to gain equal rights, especially the right to:
Vote
Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
Slavery
Names of the explorers who led an expedition through the new Louisiana territory
Lewis and Clark
Economic factors that “pulled” people to the west
Gold, Logging, farming, freedom
The Indian Removal act was issued by who?
Andrew Jackson
Meeting that started the Women’s Rights movement in 1848
Seneca Falls Convention
Name of most famous Underground Railroad conductor
Harriet Tubman
New state that became a part of the US after the Mexican-American War
California
This event led to massive population growth in California
California Gold Rush
What happened in the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
Cherokee Nation won, but court refused to issue a decision
Who were the three major suffragettes we talked about?
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth
Who were the three Abolitionists we talked about?
Harriet Tubman
Name all the territories:
Louisiana Purchase, Florida, Texas Annexation, Oregon Territory, California and the Southwest Territories,Gadsden Purchase
Dangerous overland trail that made it possible to travel to the Pacific Northwest
Oregon, Santa Fe trail
To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Oklahoma
What were the four rights women wanted?
Right to Vote, involve in business, education, and own property
What were the three things abolitionist believed slavery was
Morraly wrong, cruel and inhuman, violation of democracy