Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark led an expedition called this.
The Corps of Discovery
Most people that traveled the Oregon trail actually traveled this way.
Walking.
What year did the California gold rush begin?
1849
The name given to the removal of Cherokees from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma.
The Trail of Tears.
Lewis and Clark traveled mainly on what river.
What is Missouri River?
Name two reasons people traveled the Oregon trail.
For a better life.
For better soil, and more land.
For religious freedom.
Name two ways that people traveled to California during this event.
By foot, by wagon, by ship (sea).
Who were pioneers?
White American settler who moved west during the expansion of the United States.
What is finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean and finding out about animals, plants, land, and Indians?
Name two challenges forty niners faced during this event.
Weather, diseases, violence, gold was hard to find, mining was difficult work.
What is a push factor?
A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion.
Pioneers made an impact on the Native Americans. Name two ways this happened.
Trading, diseases, and forcing them off their land.
Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
Define Manifest Destiny.
The belief that the United States was fated to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean by God’s permission.
Name two results of the Louisiana Purchase. (significance)
Doubled the size of the U.S.
Led to forcible removal of Native Americans
Led to mass migrations in U.S.
Fueled the slavery debate
Created curiosity for the west and fur tradeInformed N.A. that white settlers were coming
Strengthened the U.S. claim to that area westInformed future settlers of what to expect
Recorded descriptions of many new plants and animals
Name two results of this event.
Increased population in the west, led to changes in transportation (roads, trains), increased manufacturing, violence against Native Americans, pollution to the environment, discrimination against immigrants.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
This forced system of relocation was called The Indian Removal Act.