Native American Experience
How did the President and his supporters think of Native Americans?
As savages, lesser, uncivilized people that slowed the progress of the United States.
What is Manifest Destiny?
What was the main trail used to get to the west?
Oregon Trail
What was the name given to prospectors that traveled to California in 1848/1849?
The 49ers
What was the main reason Chinese American went to California?
Name at one Supreme Court decision what help shape Indian Policy
Johnson v. M’Intosh, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, Worcester v. Georgia
How did the United States acquire the Oregon Country?
By extending the Oregon Treaty of 1818, and spitting the Oregon Country at the 49th Parallel.
What was the name of the trail the Mormons took while traveling to Utah?
The Mormon Trail
Who found Gold in San Fransico?
John Marshall
What are some professions African American entrepreneurs took in California?
African American entrepreneurs cooked meals, cut hair, sold mining supplies and clothing, opened horse stables, and operated hotels and restaurants
Why did the “Five Civilized Tribes” adopt European customs?
It was an attempt to ease tensions with settlers, keep their land, and live in peaceful coexistence.
Who were the Impresarios?
business people who received land grants to recruit new settlers to the area.
What was the safest way to travel on trails?
Traveling in bunches, with other wagons for safety.
Prospectors came from all over the world, describe some conditions of miners and workers in California.
Harsh working conditions, scarce food, poor nutrition, high priced goods, illnesses.
What was the name of America's first cowboys?
Vaqueros
What was the Indian Removal Act?
This law instructed the president to make treaties with all Native American tribes and nations living east of the Mississippi River.
What Treaty did the Mexican-American war and the Annexation of Texas lead to?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
Name at least two groups that used the Oregon Trail
Robbers, Missionaries, Travelers, Settlers, Traders
Earned their freedom by laboring for a few years in the mines or by striking gold and turning the wealth over to their masters in exchange for their freedom.
What was the main reason the Mormons moved to Utah?
Religious persecution
What treaty required Native Americans to evacuate Georgia?
The Treaty of New Echota
What was it called when the United States bought the modern-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado after the Mexican-American War?
The Mexican Cession
After a successful revolution, Mexico won independence from Spain. This opened up new territories and trade opportunities for merchants from the East. What was the name of the trail?
The Santa Fe Trail
How did most prospectors that rushed to the gold rush, turn out?
Without striking fortune.
By 1849, how many people had went to California for the gold rush?
100,000 People from all over the world.