authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands
What is the Indian Removal Act?
100
the 19th century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was justified
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
helped Manifest Destiny gain popularity during his Administration which helped promote the invasion of Texas as well as the Western territories
Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
claimed California as another part of the United States
What was the Bear Flag Revolt?
100
action of annexing something, especially territory
What is annexation?
200
Indian children were removed from their homes in order for them to be civilized.
What happened to Indian Children?
200
American continents could no longer be viewed as open to colonization
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
westward expansion was the key to the nation's health
What did Thomas Jefferson believe?
200
white people killed the buffalo in order to get natives to leave so that they could have land for themselves
Why did white people kill the Buffalo?
200
a cry of joy or satisfaction when one finds or discovers something
What is eureka?
300
General Philip H. "Little Phil" Sheridan
Who destroyed the Indians?
300
an American columnist who used the term of Manifest Destiny in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas
Who is John L. O'Sullivan?
300
James K. Polk, Thomas Jefferson, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Jackson
Who are the four presidents who influenced the Manifest Destiny?
300
gave each household 160 acres of land for farming, single adults received 80 acres and children received 40 acres
What was the Dawes Act?
300
take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully
What is assimilate?
400
Their names, clothes and family connections were taken away.
What was taken away from the Indian children?
400
a document that help make Mexicans into Americans
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
helped California apply to enter the Union as a free state in December of 1849
What did Zachary Taylor do?
400
1886
When did the Buffalo decrease?
400
clear or obvious to the eye or mind
What is Manifest?
500
they were taught English.
What were the Indian children taught?
500
old mission in San Antonio where the Texan rebels fought against the Mexican army
What is the Alamo?
500
annexed Texas and Oregon Territory. He vowed to buy California from Mexico. This helped make Manifest Destiny expand.
What did James K. Polk promise?
500
Ghost Dancers gathered together to dance and engage in religious rituals. It was believed that the white man would disappear and the buffalo would return.
What was the Ghost Dance in 1890?
500
the part of the North American Great Plains where wheat is the dominant crop. The belt extends along a north-south axis for more than 1,500 miles from central Texas, to the U.S.