Westward Expansion
What are wagon wheels?
This country owned Florida before the United States
Who is Spain?
This is the tribe of Native Americans who raided plantations in Georgia and welcomed escaped slaves
Who are the Seminoles?
These are the two sides of the War of 1812
White Americans often referred to Native Americans as this
What is the Indian Problem or savages?
This method of transportation was brought to the West for the first time during Westward Expansion
What are trains?
These two terms describe Americans who moved out West
What are pioneers or settlers?
This is one of the biggest challenges the United States as a result of expanding
What is conflict/war?
This man was a famous general and war hero who helped win the War of 1812
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This "man of the common people" is the 7th President of the United States who hated the Bank of the United States
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Many Americans used this as justification and motivation to expand West
What is religion/God?
This is the name of the difficult and sometimes deadly journey that Natives were forced to take thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This resulted in the the largest geographic land growth of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This is the reason the War of 1812 is often seen as an unusual war
This law forced the relocation of thousands of Native American tribes
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This is the reason many Americans felt they were superior to European governments? (Think about why their political system is "untried")
What is the fact that the United States didn't have kings/queens and had three separate branches of government
These are the three ways Americans tried to civilize or "white wash" Native Americans
What are making them dress like whites, making them learn English/write English, making them Christian?
American invasion and fighting with Natives/Escaped slaves resulted in the acquisition of this territory
What is Florida?
These are the three major causes of the War of 1812
What are British kidnapping of sailors, the British blockade of American trade with France, and the British siding with the Natives?
Andrew Jackson's opponents and haters referred to him as this because they believed he abused and overused his power
What is King Andrew?
The that the U.S. had a “God-given” right to expand across the entire continent. The expansion of the U.S. was justified due to their “superior” culture, which was seen as inevitable.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Many Americans were upset the United States let Spain keep this territory because they felt it was “worth ten Floridas.”
What is Texas?
These the two geographic resources the United States was able to control after the Louisiana Purchase
What are New Orleans and the Mississippi River?
These are three of the major effects of the War of 1812
What are the United States economy strengthened, American patriotism strengthened, and Native Americans weakened
Andrew Jackson helped keep the United States together and avoid civil war by forcing this state to obey federal laws and back down from conflict
What is South Carolina?