Native Americans
This is the name of the law that the U.S. government used to remove Native Americans from land east of the Mississippi River
Indian Removal Act
This was the starting point of the Oregon Trail, where trailblazers met to get hired as guides
Independence, Missouri
He led the American colonization of Nicaragua
William Walker
The compromise of 1820 allowed for this state to serve as an exception to the latitude drawn on the map that established the location of future slave states
Missouri
Americans moving to Mexico demanded the right to this practice, ignoring Mexican law.
slavery
He was the president who sought the forceful removal of Native Americans, ignoring court rulings about Native rights
Andrew Jackson
This was a common disease along the trail, caused by contaminated water
Cholera
This disease killed Americans along the transit route
Cholera
This was the name of the update to the Compromise of 1820, establishing California as a free state
Compromise of 1850
He was the leader of the Texas Independence movement
Sam Houston
This was the last major war between Native Americans and the U.S. military east of the Mississippi River
Black Hawk War
Places such as Chimney Rock served as this for travelers along the trail, preventing them from getting too far off the trail.
landmarks
This was the "r" word Walker's people used to justify why Walker needed to conquer Nicaragua
Regeneration
This law forced states to in the North to retrieve runaway slaves, ignoring states' rights about how to define a human
Fugitive Slave Act
This was location of an early American defeat in Texas, its name becoming a rallying call for independence
Alamo
This was the name of the journey that Natives were forced to take after being removed from their homelands
Trail of Tears
Travelers along the trail likely encountered this megafauna for the first time in their lives
Bison
This European country captured William Walker, handing him over to Honduras in 1860
This supreme court case ruled that slaves could not pursue lawsuits because Black people are defined as property and not as citizens
Dredd Scott Case
He was the president who instigated a war with Mexico so that he could take their land
Polk
They built their own slave empire in Texas and its surroundings, creating a thorn in the side of Spain, Mexico, and then the United States
Comanche
While the Oregon Trail does not conflict with the pursuit of Manifest Destiny, this other movement's ideals are more closely aligned with the fur trapping and small farming careers of those along the trail
Young America Movement
Before Nicaragua, Walker tried to steal a piece of this country, trying to install a replica of Louisiana law into it
Mexico
He was beaten into a stupor after accusing a Southern leader of only liking slavery because he likes to rape Black women
Charles Sumner
This was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo