Mexican War
What state known to the US today was Mexican in a heated dispute with?
Texas.
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Between 1830 and 1850, many Native American tribes living inside the U.S. were forced to move land ____ of the Mississippi River called ____ Territory.
West, Indian
The ____ ____were a protracted series of conflicts between Native American Indians and white settlers over land and natural resources in the West.
Indian Wars
What Act of 1862 parceled out millions of acres of land to settlers?
The Homestead Act
What did Spain build across Texas to claim the area in 1718?
They built forts.
Did the Democratic Party support or oppose Manifest Destiny?
They supported Manifest Destiny.
What are one of the reasons the 1790 gov. want Native Americans to do in order to be like White Americans?
Could be any of the following responses:
Practice Christianity
Learn to read and right English
Farm like white Americans
What is the battle of Little Bighorn also known as?
Custer’s Last Stand
True or False:
The Homestead Act of 1862 was not the first land-grant legislation in US history.
True.
What year did Texas gain Independence from Mexico and become its own country?
1836
During what period did the Mexican War occur?
The Antebellum Period.
In 1790 and 1830 what new changes did the Cherokee people practice in order to be like the White Americans?
Practice Christianity
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The Indian _______ ______ of 1851 established Indian reservations in the territory that would become the states of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Appropriations Act
What Republican president signed the Homestead Act of 1862?
Abraham Lincoln
When Texas was part of Mexico was the land Bigger or smaller than it is today?
It was smaller than it is today.
What was one of the causes of the Mexican-American War?
The dispute was caused between Texas and Mexico on whether or not Texas was independent and strong enough to be its own.
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The Cherokee ______ said that the borders of the Cherokee Nation would ____ change.
Constitution, Never
The US federal government envisioned what system as a method of keeping Native American tribes off of the lands that white Americans wished to settle?
the reservation system
A homestead was a plot of land, typically ___ ____ in size, that was awarded to any US citizen who pledged to settle and farm the land for at least five years.
It was 160 acres in size
What is the Comanche raiding zone?
is the place where San Antonio was settled in at a point in time.
Which of the following treaties ended the Mexican-American War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Source: IXL - O.8 The U.S.-Mexican War
What did the Indian Removal Act give the president permission to do?
Give the Native Americans nations money and new land in exchange for the East land they had.
Source: N.3 Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears
As white settlers moved into the Great Plains region, they battled the Plains Indian tribes in a series of conflicts known as the...
Sioux Wars
source:
Khan Academy: The Indian Wars and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Which is the correct answer for the following question?
From 1862 to 1934, the federal government granted over ________________ to private citizens.
A. a million and a half homesteads
B. 3 million homesteads
C. 200 homesteads
A. A million and a half homesteads
Source:
Nearpod - The Homestead Act
Khan Academy: The Homestead Act and the exodusters
True or False:
An economic crash in 1819 caused many Americans to lose their homes
True.
Source:
O.7 Texas independence and annexation