Presidents
This war hero became the first president and famously disliked
political parties
Who is George Washington?
This Document Stated that Eurpoe Can no interfer in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine
The Shoshone woman who led Lewis and Clark’s expedition, hunted, harvested, and translated while carrying a newborn baby on her back
Who is Sacagewea
This conflcit began with Mexico over dispute about the border with the US
What is the Mexcian American War?
The belief that white men are fated to settle west
This man was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the US
This Act forced indigenous people off of thier ancestral homelands onto reservations to make room for white settlers
What is the Indian Removal Act
The Louisiana purchase was negotiated with this French Leader
Who is Napoleon?
This Revolution took place when American settlers wanted to be come independent from Mexico
What is the Texas Revolution?
This Technological advancement made western settlement accesible
What was the Transcontinental Railroad
This President Refused to respect the supreme court decision in Worcester v Georgia and signed the Indian Removal act into law
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The Commisioner of Indian Affairs Mandated that Indigenous Children must be sent here
What are boarding schools
This Indigenous leader refuesed to sign treaties and stay on the reservation, his forces were also sucessful and the battle of Little Bighorn
Who is Sitting Bull
Taking Place in Minnesota this resulted in the largest Mass Execution in American History
What is the US Dakota War?
This animal was vital to Indigenous people of the plains and its over hunting caused many to starve
What Are Bison?
This President Attempted to purchase California and started the Mexican- American War
Who is James Polk
This act allowed settlers to be awarded 150 acres of land for a small registraion fee of $10
What is the Homestead Act
This Missionary appleaed to the Supreme Court in protest of the State of Georgia attempting to conrtol indigenous peoples in the state
The US army Murdered up to 300 Lakota people in this Massacre in 1890
What is Wounded Knee
The nickname for settlers in California who were looking for gold
What is 49er?
This President refused to annex Texas because he was afraid it would start a war with Mexico since they stillsaid Texas was theirs
The act that eliminated tribal ownwership and swtiched the land to be privately owned
What is the Dawes Act
This man was president of Mexico during the Mexican- American War
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana?
This agreement marked the end of the Mexican American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This was the slogan used to support and justify forced assimilation?
What is "Kill the Indian, Save the Man"