Lewis and Clark Expedition
President who sent Lewis and Clark West
Jefferson (after the Louisiana Purchase)
How people traveled along the Oregon Trail
By converted farm wagons
Gold Rush began in this year
1848
Indian Removal Act
US legislation passed under President Jackson in 1830 that moved Native American tribes west of the Mississippi into modern-day Oklahoma
Manifest Destiny
America's god-given right to expand from sea to shining sea
Goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
True or false: people rode in the wagons
FALSE: They used wagons to carry their belongings
Gold Rush reached its peak in this year
1852
Trail of Tears
Forced journey of Native Americans along a 1,000 mile-long path to their reservations in Oklahoma
Push factors
Reasons for people to leave their homeland
Lewis and Clark's translator
Sacajawea
Pull factors for migration to the west
Job opportunities, new land, potential to get rich, less pollution, less crime, etc.
Impact of Gold Rush on immigration
People from all over the world flooded into California
Worcester v. Georgia
Supreme Court Case in which Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign, making the removal laws invalid
Pull factors
Reasons that attract people to move to a new area
City where Lewis and Clark began their journey
St. Louis, Missouri
Push factors for migration to the west
Overcrowded cities, no job opportunities, high prices, pollution, spread of disease, etc.
Describe the overall mood of miners
Desperate, miserable, high crime rates, broke
Treaty of New Echota
Document drafted by Major Ridge which gave Jackson the legal permission to remove Native Americans from their homelands
Encroachment
Intrustion into an area by means to take over rights and possessions
Name of the Lewis and Clark team
Corps of Discovery
Length of the Oregon Trail
About 2,000 miles
Jean company that struck it rich during the Gold Rush
Levi Strauss
Impact of the Trail of Tears on Native Populations
25% of Cherokees died from marching by gunpoint 1,000 miles in the middle of winter in 1838-1839
Gadsden Purchase
Treaty between the US and Mexico that granted the US a large area of land in the southwest for $10 million