Vocab
Human movement in which the movers have no choice but to relocate
Forced Migration
An 1849 discovery in California that attracted many people all over the country and world to San Francisco; in hopes of getting rich; accelerated the process for California to become a state.
Gold Rush
What did Worcester v Georgia state?
It stated that Georgia and the states were not allowed to impose their laws on Native Americans because they were not American citizens
How did we get Florida?
We bought it from Spain for 5 million
How do you think the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad affect the Oregon Trail?
It became less popular and less people used it
The transfer of land from one country to another
Cession
A movement westward in America for jobs, land, hope, the gold rush, adventure, a new beginning and the transcontinental railroad. It lasted throughout the 1800s.
Westward Expansion
How did the federal government react to the ruling of Worcester v Georgia?
They ignored it
What was the other major benefit of buying the Louisiana Territory from France besides now owning New Orleans/owning a port on the Gulf of Mexico?
Access to the Mississippi River
What was the main way people traveled to the West Coast in the 1800's besides taking a boat all the way around South America?
Oregon Trail
The social process of absorbing one cultural group into “harmony” with another
Assimilation
The forced removal of the Civilized Tribes from North Carolina to Oklahoma. More than 4,000 Natives died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116-day journey.
Trail of Tears
Name of the Native American Tribe that was affected by the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
Cherokee
What event/battle led to more Texans and some Americans joining in on the Texas War for independence against Mexico?
The Alamo
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
A railroad that crosses the entire continental USA
The law that resulted in thousands of American Indians being removed from their own lands and relocated to distant “reservations” that were generally smaller than their homelands and had defined boundaries, taking away their democratic right of property and sovereignty.
Indian Removal Act
The doctrine that or belief in the 1800s that it was America’s divine right to grow/expand from coast (Atlantic) to coast (Pacific).
Manifest Destiny
How did Manifest Destiny effect Native Americans in NC?
It led to forced relocation of Native Americans to the West
What cession gave the United States Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah?
Mexican Cession
Believe it or not, there are still Cherokee Indians residing in western North Carolina. Why is this?
This group resisted or hid to avoid the Trail of Tears
Legally adding land, area or territory in the United States (being absorbed into the US)
Annexation
The Supreme Court ruled that Georgia had no right to extend its laws to Cherokee Territory
Worcester v Georgia
What two democratic rights and freedoms were taken away from Native Americans due to the Trail of Tears?
Hint: One has to do with land and the other has to do with government
Property and Sovereignty
Why did the Annexation of Texas into the Union cause growing tension between the United States and Mexico?
Mexico thought that we intertidally took Texas from them
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The treaty that ended the Mexican American War