Territories
The name of the territory that was bought from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The name of the immigrant group that settled mainly in California.
Who are the Chinese?
The main type of fur that mountain men were looking for due to its waterproof feature.
What are beavers?
The group that faced racism even in the West.
Who are African Americans?
The name of the law that forced Native Americans to move west.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The state that was its own country after winning a war for independence from Mexico.
What is Texas?
The name of the immigrant group that left their homeland to escape the Potato Famine.
Who are Irish?
The only group who did not move west for opportunity.
Who are Native Americans?
The name of the tax that only immigrants needed to pay in California.
What is the Foreign Miners Tax?
The state that the 5 civilized tribes were moved to.
What is Oklahoma?
The fertile land that also had towering trees that many settlers wanted to reach but required a very long journey.
What is Oregon Territory?
The name of the immigrant group that left their homeland due to a failed revolution.
Who are Germans?
The 2 groups that moved west for more rights.
Who are women and African American?
The group that faced challenges like harsh weather conditions, like droughts.
Who are farmers?
The name of the President who received the authority to move Native Americans during the Indian Removal Act.
Who Andrew Jackson?
The territory that Spain was forced to sell to the United States, because it was a safe haven for slaves.
What is Florida?
The reason why a person chooses a place to move to.
What is the pull?
The very diverse group that moved west with a very specific skill that was needed more in the west than the east due to more land in the west.
Who are cowboys?
The group that lost their jobs when the demand for fur went down.
Who are mountain men?
The name of the river that Georgian farmers wanted access to get to the Mississippi River.
What is the Tennessee River?
The 3 ways that land is acquired.
What is bought, won (war) and treaty?
The reason why a person leaves their hometown.
What is the push?
The name of the act that gave land away for free to settlers willing to travel west.
What is the Homestead Act?
The group that faced challenges such as stampedes and competition.
Who is the cowboy?
The policy that the Cherokee tribe tried to implement to assimilate to American way of life.
What is civilization policy?