Texas
True or False: The Americans won the Battle of the Alamo
False
How did most people travel to the west?
Covered Wagon
Who was the President that pushed for removal?
Andrew Jackson
Who did we purchase this territory from?
France
True or False:California was an independent country before it became part of the United States
True
Why was Texas an independent country for over 8 years?
Texas was a slave state, which would throw off the balance in Congress
Bonus: How many Presidents did it take before Texas became a state?
What was the Oregon Trail used for?
Families moving west
What was the Native American Removal Act?
Removed native tribes from the southeast region of America and sent them to Louisiana Territory
Map Question!
What number is the Louisiana Territory?
3
What motivated people to move to California in 1849?
GOLD
Bonus:Was there gold?
The United States will pay Mexico $15 million
Established the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas
U.S. gained more than 500,000 square miles of land-That included Cali, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming,Utah, Arizona,and Nevada
What was the Santa Fe Trail used for?
Trading
Why the Cherokee opposed the Indian Removal Act? Name all three
The act violated existing laws that protected Native land from American settlers
The Natives had already given up much of their land to America
The act violated previous treaties between the Natives and the U.S. government
Bonus: What was their horrible journey to Oklahoma called?
Why was President Jefferson interested in purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
Mississippi River would become property of the U.S.
Would allow more potential farm land for American farmers
Kept Napoleon from owning land beside the U.S.
Texans wanted independence because...
President Santa Ana began disarming Texians
Texas was mostly populated by Americans or immigrants from foreign countries
President Santa Ana became more controlling of who could live in Texas
What did Mexico think the border was?
What did the United States think it was?
Mexico: Nueces River
US: Rio Grande River
What kind of challenges did pioneers face traveling west? Name all four
Diseases, River Crossings, Extreme Weather, Lack of food and water
What did Andrew Jackson do when the Supreme Court ruled that legislation forcing Indians off of their land was unconstitutional?
He ignored the ruling and forced them to move
How did Lewis and Clark describe the land?
How did Pike and Long describe it?
Beautiful untamed wilderness
"Great American Desert", Sandy, Dry
Who created the Santa Fe trail?
Who created the Oregon trail?
William Becknell
Mountain Men
Why did the United States want the land that became the Gadsden Purchase?
The land was flat and well suited to build a railroad
Describe Manifest Destiny
"God-given right" To go west. The idea that the United States should stretch from coast to coast and own the land regardless of who was in the way.
Name the Big Five tribes that were impacted the most by removal in the Southeast
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek
What river guided Lewis and Clark on their journey?
Missouri