Oregon Trail
In what state did the Oregon Trail end?
Oregon
What was the law that allowed the military to forcibly remove Native Americans from their land?
The Indian Removal Act?
What kind of building was the Alamo? (What was it built for)
It was a Mission (a religious building for converting Native Americans to Christianity)
What do you call someone who settles in a new land?
How did most people travel the Oregon Trail?
By covered wagons
What was the forced march of Native Americans from Georgia to Oklahoma called?
The Trail of Tears
Who were the American Leaders at the Alamo?
Sam Houston and Stephen Austin
Andrew Jackson
In what state did the Oregon Trail begin?
Missouri
Why did the government force Native Americans off of their lands?
White settlers wanted it for themselves.
What famous American joined the cause at the Alamo?
David (Davy) Crockett
What was the long term effect of people moving along the Oregon Trail?
The country expanded west and the population grew.
What was one of the biggest and most dangerous natural obstacles on the Oregon Trail?
The Rocky Mountains
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?
The Native Americans
Who won the battle at the Alamo?
Mexico
What was Manifest Destiny?
The belief that the U.S. boundaries should be coast to coast.
What was the most common cause of death on the Oregon Trail?
Diseases, often from drinking dirty water
Who was the Native American Chief that defeated General Custer?
Sitting Bull
What were the rules that the Mexican government told Americans in Texas they would have to obey?
They would have to convert to Catholicism, and they could not own slaves.
The name for land set aside by the U.S. government for Native American people to live on.
Reservation