Why did people move West?
These inventions made it faster, cheaper, and easier to ship goods from east to west and west to east.
Trains and steamboats
What was the law that forced native tribes east of the Mississippi off their land?
Indian Removal Act
Why was California considered a big prize?
Billions of dollars of Gold
Why did the US not want Texas to join the country initially?
Because of the slavery issue
This was the first mechanically powered boat. It made shipping goods and transport cheaper, easier, and faster.
Steamboat
This belief that settlers were chosen to move and settle the western lands for the US was called...
Manifest Destiny
What was the journey called that the Cherokee made when forced off their land?
The Trail of Tears
Where did people come from to mine for gold in California?
All over the world
What were the Mexican laws that Texans didn't like?
Catholic religion, Spanish language, and no slavery
This was the idea that the Americans were was chosen to move west.
Manifest Destiny
The boarder of Texas was ____________, which was the cause of the Mexican-American War.
Disputed
Festivals, Pow-wows, monuments, etc that show who native nations were and still are are examples of what?
Memorialization
How many people struck it rich in the Gold Rush?
1%
Where was the land that the US and Mexico were fighting over?
The land between the Nuaces River and he Rio Grande
What was a man made river that connected New York to the Great Lakes? It made shipping from the Midwest faster, cheaper, and easier
The Erie Canal
Texas wanted to be part of the US because it wanted to keep ____________ legal.
Slavery
The governments' treaties were often...
unfair and broken
How long did the Gold Rush last?
5 years
Where were the Mexicans out gunned that caused the loss of the southern part of the state.
California
What connected the East and West Coasts and made shipping and travel times much faster?
The Transcontinental Railroad
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The thing that pushed people to the west was _________ economic conditions.
The thing that pulled people to the west was cheap of free _________
poor, land
True or False: Sovereignty of the native nations is now controlled by the US government.
False
What happened to the price of goods during the Gold Rush?
It got much higher.
How did the US win the Mexican-American War?
They sailed around enemy lines and captured Mexico City (capitol). They paid millions for land.
This was the instant message of the 1800s. It was a way to communicate using Morse Code.
The telegraph