Lewis and Clark
What did the Louisiana Purchas do to the size of the United States?
Doubled the size.
Where did the Oregon Trail start and end?
How long in miles was the journey?
Start: Independence, MO
End: Oregon City, OR
Length: 2,000 Miles
Name the 5 "Civilized Tribes"
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole
Name 2 reasons Americans wanted to settle in Texas?
1) Cheap land to farm
2) Expand Slavery
3) New business opportunities
Who made the most money from the Gold Rush?
Business Owners
What was MAIN job of Merriwether Lewis?
What was the MAIN job of William Clark?
Lewis: Cataloging and recording plants/animals.
Clark: In charge of making maps.
Name ONE push and ONE pull factor for the Oregon Trail.
Push: Lack of land for farming, religious persecution, overpopulation in the East, Discrimination.
Pull: Cheap land, resources for trade, Manifest Destiny
The Indian Removal Act was passed by which President?
Andrew Jackson
Stephen F. Austin
Name 2 effects of the Mexican American War.
1) Boost in Patriotisim in America
2) Mexican Cession
3) Increased tension over Slavery
4) Loss of rights for Mexicans and Native Americans
Name 3 goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
1) Find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean
2) Document animals and plants
3) Expand trade into the West
4) Increase U.S. claim to the West
5) Map the land gained in the Louisiana Purchase
Name 3 challenges faced on the Oregon Trail.
1) Diseases (Cholera, Dysentery)
2) Crossing rivers and mountains
3) Running out of supplies (Food, spare parts)
4) Harsh weather
5) Deadly animals
What was the forced removal of the 5 "Civilized" tribes called?
Trail of Tears
Name one cause of the Mexican American War.
3) James K Polk elected President
4) Border dispute between U.S. soldiers and Mexico
What choice did Mexicans living in the U.S. after the Mexican American war have?
Become U.S. citizens or move back to Mexico.
President who supported Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Thomas Jefferson
What happened to the Donner Party? What choice did they make? What happened because of that choice? What were their consequences?
The Donner Party took Hastings Cutoff. Hastings Cutoff led them through the Sierra Nevada mountains where they got stuck and ran out of food. They had no choice but to eat dead bodies to survive.
What idea contributed to the "Indian Removal Act"?
Manifest Destiny
What were 2 tensions between American settlers and Mexicans in Texas?
1) Catholic vs Protestant beliefs
2) Different language
3) Banning slavery
4) No loyalty to Mexico
Nickname for those who traveled to California for the Gold Rush in 1849.
49ers
Name 2 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outcomes.
1) Settlers begin moving West.
2) Northwest Passage does not exist.
3) Discovered new species of plants and animals.
4) First detailed maps of the West.
Name the states the Oregon Trail went through.
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon.
How many Cherokee Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears?
4,000
What did the U.S. gain with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
New Land (Mexican Cession)
California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Texas
Name one group of immigrants that traveled to California for the Gold Rush.
1) Chinese
2) Europeans
3) Latin Americans