Pre-Trail of Tears
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
State colonists cant settle west of the Appalachians (it's Indian land)
What case did Georgia file trying to remove Indians?
Worcester vs Georgia
The idea that the US had a duty to develop all land westward to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
What was an issue with the Homestead Act?
Fraud- lots of land didn't go to individual homesteaders, but to large monopolies
Why were the exclusion laws issued? (3)
- whites immigrated with prejudices
- wanted to avoid race conflict
- worried blacks and Indians would team up against whites
Why did Andrew Jackson support Indian Removal? (2)
- it could provide land for white settlers
- said it could provide Indians a better life away from white society
What did the Supreme Court rule on Worcester vs Georgia?
That Georgia could not remove Indians, based on prior treaties
Main president guiding Manifest Destiny
James Polk
What is a term used to describe an African American living in Oregon before it became a state?
Black explorer
What were the 5 civilized tribes?
Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole
Did Andrew Jackson and Georgia ignore the Worcester vs Georgia ruling?
yes
What were the effects from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? (2)
- the Mexican Cession
- end of Mexican American War
What did Oregon's first black exclusion law do? (2)
Banned slavery, removal of present free African Americans
How did the 5 civilized tribes assimilate to try avoiding removal?
Farming, education, written language/newspapers, adopted slavery
What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 do?
Enable the removal of Indians, aided misleading of leaders to sign removal treaties
Drivers of westward expansion (3)
- gold rushes
- land ownership
- cattle industry
What did Oregon's second exclusion law do? (2)
Allowed current Black residents to stay, banned in-migration
Which state first initiated Indian Removal
Georgia
What was the Trail of Tears?
The forced marching of the Cherokee to Indian Territory in Oklahoma
What did the Homestead Act guarantee?
Anyone could claim a large acreage of land in the west, and keep it for a small purchase price, if they developed it over a set period of time
Besides residential status, what other oppressions were in Black exclusion laws? (2)
Can't own/limited real estate opportunities, can't sue in court