Native American Removal
True or False: The Indian Removal Act allowed Native Americans to stay on their land.
What is false?
What is the name of the battle that turned into a rallying cry for the Texians? Remember the...?
What is the Alamo?
What precious metal was discovered in California in 1848?
What is Gold?
What is the name of the territory that was once owned by Mexico, but then became a U.S. state in 1845?
What is Texas?
What is the primary reason the U.S. wanted the Native Americans to move to new lands?
What is to make land available for white settlers from the United States?
What U.S. law allowed for the forced removal of Native Americans from their land?
What is the The Indian Removal Act?
Which country did the Texians revolt against?
Mexico
What were the nickname for miners? A popular NFL team is now named after this nickname
What did Mexico give up to the United States after losing the war?
What is Land? (500,000 square miles that make up parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado)
What region of the United States were the Native American Tribes forced to move from?
Where is the Southeastern United States?
The name of the journey Native Americans were forced to take away their ancestral homes into "Indian Territory"
What is the Trail of Tears?
Which European nation owned the territory of Texas up until 1821?
What are the two ways miners during the Gold Rush would mine for Gold?
1. Panning - collecting from streams and rivers
2. Hard Rock Mining - using a pick axe to crush rocks
What is the name of the popular idea that led many Americans to believe the United States should move into Mexico's territory?
What is Manifest Destiny?
Which President signed the Native American Removal Act?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Where did the Trail of Tears end? AKA where was "Indian Territory"
Where is Oklahoma?
What is the weapon the Texians refused to give up to the Mexican Army during the Battle of Gonzales
What is Come and Take It
What was the nickname given to California because of the Gold Rush?
What is the Golden State?
Which President declared war on Mexico?
Who is James K. Polk?
What country is Moo Deng from?
Where is Thailand?
What was the issue with Texas becoming a U.S. state right away?
What is Slavery?
Who became the President of Texas after they won the revolution? hint: a major city is named after him
Who is Sam Houston?
Who discovered Gold for the first time in California?
Who is James W. Marshall?
What is the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
What were the 5 major tribes that had to travel the Trail of Tears? Also known as the "5 Civilized Tribes" by the U.S. government
What is the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), Seminole, and Choctaw