Native Americans
and Removal
and Removal
This forced journey of Native Americans to the west caused great suffering and death
What is the Trail of Tears
This issue was the main cause of conflict between North and South.
What is slavery?
This president led the United States during the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This belief said it was America’s destiny to expand across the continent.
What was Manifest Destiny?
This war was fought from 1861-1865?
What is the Civil War?
This president supported Indian removal policies.
Who is Andrew Jackson
This policy attempted to keep free and slave states equal?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This general led the March to the Sea?
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
People who moved west to settle land were called this?
What is settlers?
At the start of the war, the goal was to do what?
Native Americans were forced to move to this designated area west of the Mississippi.
What is Indian Territory, or Oklahoma
This term refers to the power of states vs the federal government
What is State's Rights?
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
This law gave free land to settlers willing to farm it.
What is the Homestead Act?
By the end of the war, the goal shifted to?
What is end slavery?
This group of Native Americans were one of the tribes removed during the Trail of Tears.
Who is Creek, Cherokee, Seminole, Chicksaw, Choctaw?
This event involved Southern states leaving the Union
What is secession?
This president supported Indian Removal before the Civil war?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This group traveled long distances by wagon to settle in the West
Who are Pioneers?
This battle was a major turning point in 1863?
What is Gettysburg?
These were often changed and broken agreements between Native people and the Government.
What are treaties?
These people lived largely in the north and fought against slavery?
Who were abolitionists?
This Union General helped lead the North to victory?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This phrase describes the idea of moving west for new opportunities.
What is Westward Expansion?
This document changed the purpose of the war to include ending slavery, and made it hard for European countries to get involved?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?