This tribe was forced off of their land and became part of the Trail of Tears.
What is Cherokee
100
This man took 300 settlers and moved to Texas. The capital is named after him.
What is Stephen Austin.
100
Under the Missouri Compromise this state was admitted as a free state.
What is Maine.
100
This took pioneers to the Willamette Valley in Northwestern America.
What is the Oregon Trail.
100
These two were hired by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana territory.
What is Lewis and Clark.
200
This is the territory/state that the Cherokee were forced to move.
What is Oklahoma.
200
This battle was lost by the Texans but became a rallying cry in their quest for independence.
What is the Alamo.
200
Under the Missouri Compromise, this state was admitted as a slave state.
What is Missouri
200
Settlers moved west in what mode of transportation?
What is covered wagons.
200
This president sent troops to provoke the Mexcian government along the Rio Grande River to begin the Mexican-American War.
What is President Polk.
300
This stated that the president could negotiate treaties with tribes and give them land west of the Mississippi River.
What is Indian Removal Act.
300
Why didn't America annex Texas right away?
What is because Texas allowed slavery.
300
This stated that all land won during the Mexican American War would outlaw slavery.
What is the Wilmot Proviso.
300
This took thousands of people to California in 1848-1849.
What is the Gold Rush.
300
This ended the Mexican American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
400
This court case ruled that the state had no power over the tribal government of the Chrokee.
What is Worcester vs. Georgia
400
This battle solidified Texas independence.
What is The Battle of San Jacinto.
400
This stated that any territory north of the southern border of Missouri would be free and any territory south of the southern border of Missouri would be slave.
What is the Missouri Compromise.
400
Settlers along the Oregon trail could stop at these to resupply.
What is forts and small towns.
400
This small piece of land was purchased to complete a transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase.
500
This white man was a friend of the Cherokee tribe and went to jail many times while protesting the law passed by the Georgia government stating whites couldn't live amongst the tribe.
What is Samuel Worcester.
500
Mexico believed the border between America and Mexico was at this river.
What is the Nueces River.
500
Northern and southern states disagreed about slavery in new territory because they wanted what in the government.
What is power.
500
This trail lead settlers to the southwestern part of the United States.
What is the Santa Fe Trail.
500
This was the idea that America's fate was to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.