Trail of Tears
What state today were the Native Americans Pushed to?
What is Oklahoma.
What is the full name of the two people who led this expedition?
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
What is the definition of Cede?
To give up territory.Usually as a treaty.
In 1853 America acquired this small amount of land for $10 million.
What is the Gadsden Purchase
Daily Double!
What is the name of the famous dog that went through this Journey?
Who is Seaman.
About how long of a walk was the trail of tears in miles?
1,000-1,400 miles
What person helped guide the Americans,make peace with Native American tribes,and know which land was good to settle on?
Who is Sacagawea.
DAILY DOUBLE! What is the definition of Manifest Destiny?
An American belief in the 1800s that to expand west to the Pacific Ocean was Americas natural right and destiny.
America acquired the Louisiana Territory for $15 million.What land did they originally want to get?
What is New Orleans
How many men died in this Journey?
1
What Percentage of Native Americans died during the Trail of Tears?
25%
How many men came along with Lewis and Clark?
What is the definition of boundary?
A geographic line separating two places(mostly countries).
Who did America acquire Florida from?
What is Spain.
Native Americans mostly died of Starvation,Frostbite,and what illness?
What is Smallpox
About how many Native Americans were pushed off their land?
About 16,000
This land was how big compared to our country then?
Double the size.
What is the definition of Acquisition?
Something that is gained,or acquired.
America agreed to draw a boundary line for the Oregon land with this country.
What is Great Britain
What was another reason America wanted more land?
They found GOLD!
What was the home of the Native Americans called?
What was the territory that they explored called?
What is the Louisiana Territory.
What is the definition of expedition?
A group of people sent to explore unknown places.
America went to war and paid this country money for what is now the land of California.
What is Mexico?
When did the Lewis and Clark expedition end?
1806!(September 23,1806 to be exact).