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Of the 3 types of Boarding Schools, this type was found "most successful" by the government
What is Off Reservation all Year school
This trail ran along the same line as the Oregon Trail, but came along later after gold was discovered
What is the California Trail
This is the year of the Indian Removal Act
What is 1830
Prior to the US in 1848, this nation owned California starting in 1821
What is Mexico
President who began Indian Removal
Who was Andrew Jackson
This boarding school, now college, still exists in Lawrence, Kansas to this day
What is Haskell
This city has the distinction of having all the major westward trails pass through it, this is why it is the "City of the Trails"
What is Gardner, KS
Although mostly done for ceremonial and historic reasons, this was the year the last documented group of Wagons made the trip on the Oregon Trail
What is 1900
Although rare, this group gave pioneers fears of being attacked on the trails
What were Native Americans
Earlier in life, attacked by a grizzly bear, he would die on the Santa Fe Trail shot by over 20 Comanche Arrows
Who is Jed Smith
With strict rules, uniforms, and corporal punishment it is not hard to see that Indian schools were based off of this institutions programs
What is the US Military
In all this is how many are estimated to have gone on the Oregon Trail, although not all of them made it the full length
What is 300,000
This year marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
What is 1869
By 1790 Congress took up this issue, which prompted the idea of Westward expansion
What is Land Crisis, or running out of land
Named the "Great Compromiser" he brokered deals up to the Civil War to try to keep the nation together
Who was Henry Clay
Due to the strict policies it is estimated that Indian schools lead to well over 100 of these being lost
What are Native Languages
This landmark meant you were on the right trail, and getting closer to Oregon... It might look like a big whale, but there are hundreds of names carved in it from travelers on their way west
What is Independence Rock, Wyoming
the year William Becknell took his first trip on the Santa Fe Trail
What is 1821
Often wood was in short supply, so travelers had to burn this instead
What are buffalo chips
Although appointed by the US Government to oversee Indian Removal, he was Chief of the Cherokee Nation and successfully got supplies and goods from the US to help his people
Who is John Ross
Along with "Hose Work" for the girls, these were the 4 subject areas taught at Indian Schools
What is Religion__________
____English_______
___Farming ________
____hygiene_______
Without him, the Santa Fe Trail probably wouldn't have happened. Good thing he mapped the area while spying on Spain
Who is Zebulon Pike
This is the year they found Gold at Sutter's Mill in California, leading to the next years gold rush, and the naming of the San Fran Football team
What is 1848
This was the last Great Indian Nation to continue fighting against the US Government in open warfare, finally being pushed into Mexico in part by the Texas Rangers
Who are the Comanche
As a major instigator of Texas rebelling from Mexico, he was equally one of the most important voices for Texas being a US State... A major city in Texas bears his name to this day
Who is Sam Houston