The Economy that Slavery Built
What is the name of the route slave ships traveled to come to places such as America?
The Middle Passage
During which century did the concept of "Manifest Destiny" originate?
Which president went against the Supreme Court and passed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Approximately how many Native American children were forcibly removed from their homes and forced to attend indigenous boarding schools?
Over 100,000
What were the names of the two explorers who traveled with Sacajawea across the Oregon Trail?
Lewis and Clark
Increased reliance on this crop fueled the expansion of the slave trade in America
Cotton
The desire to move out west was spurred by this massive purchase of land in 1803
The Louisiana Purchase
What year was the Indian Removal Act passed?
1830
What is the name of the famous 20th century Native athlete who attended the Carlisle Boarding School?
Jim Thorpe
Which group of people got stranded on the Oregon Trail and had to result to cannibalism to survive?
The Donner Party
What are two words that describe the conditions on the ships that traveled the Middle Passage?
Sample responses: Overcrowded, unsanitary, inhumane
Whom did the white settlers claim destined them to move out west?
God
According to Jackson, what is ONE quality of a "civilized" person? (He lists plenty; you just have to name one.)
Sample responses: Christian, Western, industrious, educated, technologically advanced, artistic, valuer of liberty
What is the name of the September 30th holiday intended to remember and honor the victims of indigenous boarding schools?
Orange Shirt Day
Approximately how long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail? Which months were best for starting the journey?
5 to 6 months, March and April
Why is the reliability of the firsthand account of Equiano (an enslaved individual who wrote about the Middle Passage) questioned by historians?
He may have been born in South Carolina and therefore might not have experienced the Middle Passage
Why is the woman in the famous Manifest Destiny painting that we studied in class holding a telegraph wire?
The wire represents technology and the "progress" of the West
Name TWO hardships that Native Americans endured on the Trail of Tears
Sample responses: harsh weather conditions, fatigue, illness, being held at gun point
Which famous (and horrific) quote describes the mission of indigenous boarding schools?
"Kill the Indian, save the man"
Name at least THREE hardships that settlers encountered on the Oregon Trail?
Sample responses: lack of food, lack of supplies, illnesses, extreme weather, getting lost, encounters with animals, lack of clean water
According to the podcast we listened to in class, what similarities existed between the economies of the 1830s and the 2000s?
"Too big to fail"- big banks and the slave economy
What is the name of the famous Manifest Destiny painting that we studied in class? (Painted by John Gast?)
"American Progress"
By approximately which year (if all goes according to plan) should we expect to see Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill instead of Andrew Jackson?
2030
What is cultural genocide?
The systematic destruction of traditions, values, language, and other elements of which make one group of people distinct from other groups.
In which cities did the Oregon Trail start and end?
Independence, Missouri and Oregon City, Oregon