Vocab
Sectionalism was one the leading causes of the American Civil War. The definition of Sectionalism is
What is the love and devotion to one's region over the country as a whole?
What was the opinion of State governments towards the native territory?
state governments were determined to take control of the land of the Five Civilized Tribes and they continued to move into the territories
Referring to the time period, predominantly in the South, before the Civil War.
What is Antebellum?
What did the Indian Removal Act give the government the ability to do?
This law gave the federal government the power to exchange Native land east of the Mississippi River (where cotton was becoming profitable), for land out west that was acquired through the Louisiana Purchase, specifically the territory that would become Oklahoma.
What was the goal of the Abolitionist Movement?
To Abolish slavery
Southerners used this excuse to defend slavery against the North
What is "positive good", or that slaves were treated better than factory workers?
What made the land owned by the Five Civilized Tribes valuable to colonists?
The potential land for the growing cotton industry, economic gain
territorial acquisitions as settlers began moving westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains
What is Westward Expansion?
What did the Supreme Court believe about Native American tribes?
the Supreme Court stated that Native American land was sovereign territory. It went on to say that no government, state or federal, had the authority to remove the Native Americans
During what month do people sleep the least?
February. It’s the shortest month!
Collective name for the Creeks, Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Seminoles
What is Five Civilized Tribes?
The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee native nations embraced American customs causing them to be referred to as?
5 Civilized Tribe
The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). Led effort of Indian Removal. On the $20 bill.
What was the decision in the Worcester v. Georgia (1832) court case determined?
the Supreme Court stated that Native American land was sovereign territory. It went on to say that no government, state or federal, had the authority to remove the Native Americans
What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
Carrot
The Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their lands. They traveled more than 800 miles and more than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food
What is the Trail of Tears?
What did President Andrew Jackson advocate for in terms of the Native Americans?
President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), a South Carolinian and former Army general, advocated for “Indian removal.”
Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
What is Sovereignty?
What was the Trail of Tears?
Weakened from disease, bitter-cold weather, hunger, and exhaustion, almost 4,000 of the 18,000 Cherokee forced to make the trek died along the “Trail of Tears.”
What comes in a Wendy's Four for Four meal?
Fries
Drink
Chicken Nuggets
(1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
What were the three reasons that Natives died on the Trail of Tears?
- Cold Weather
- Hunger
- Illness / Disease
A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Who Ordered troops to march into Georgia and forcibly removed all remaining tribes
President Martin Van Buren
Where did Mr. Hellaby almost get arrested on Thanksgiving Break?
Canada