Names
Who is "Noah Webster"?
7th president- created
Democratic Party.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Congress passed the ____________________ that forced Native Americans to move from their tribal lands to the west.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
What caused people to abandon "ghost towns"?
There was no more gold to be found. Most didnt have permanent homes. Towns didn't prosper without gold so it was difficult to continue to live there.
The ____________________ was a movment that brought thousands of people to California in search of Gold.
What was "The Gold Rush"?
Who invented the steel plow?
Who is John Deere?
dictator of Mexico who was a harsh
ruler over American Immigrants.
Who is Santa Anna?
The Cherokee called their long difficult journey to Oklahoma the "____________________".
What is "The Trail of Tears"?
What is one difference between a dictator and a president?
Dictator has the power to take away all rights of the people.
Dictators have full power over the country.
Mexico's agreement to sell land to the United States; made Rio Grande part of the border between the two countries is the ____________________.
What was the Mexican Cession?
Leader of Texas Army that defeated
Santa Anna in San Jacinto.
Who is General Sam Houston?
Improved the steam engine.
Who was James Watt?
The ____________________ was an old Spanish mission group of 200 men prepared to fight for independence of Texas.
What is the Alamo?
Explain what a forty-niner is.
A forty-niner was a person who traveled to California to find gold.
The ____________________ was land purchased from Mexico so that a southern railroad could be built.
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
medical missionaries to Native
American Tribes in Oregon.
Who is Marcus and Narcissa
Whitman?
Inventor of a grain reaper.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
The ____________________ was led by Sam Houston in which Santa Anna was defeated.
What is Battle of San Jacinto?
What a school in the 1800's look like?
One room school house with multiple grades. Has one teacher in a little building. That one teacher taught all grades in small group formations.
What year was gold discovered in California?
1848
Created the cotton gin.
Who was Eli Whitney?
Wrote McGuffey Readers for
American schoolchildren
Who was William H. McGuffey?
The ____________________ was between Mexico and the United States over western lands.
What is the Mexican War?
Give three examples of American Inventions and how did they effect our United States economy?
cotton gin, steel plow, reaper, clothing weaving machines, steam engine.
These inventions and impovments helped cities grow, improved overall life of the people, jobs increased.
Explain what the Oregon Trail is. Why was it important?
Starting in Independence, Missouri and stretched for 2,000 miles over country and dangerous mountain passes.