Gold Rush
What state did people travel to for the Gold Rush?
California
What state were people traveling to on the Oregon Trail?
Oregon
Which two countries were fighting in this war?
Mexico and the USA
Why did white men want to remove the Native Americans from their land?
The white men wanted the tribes' land for themselves.
What is another name for Manifest Destiny?
God's Plan
What year did they first find gold?
1848
Why did so many people want to move to Oregon?
Free land
What event began the Mexican American War?
The annexation of Texas
What year was the Indian Removal Act passed?
1830
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that white men were divinely ordained (ordered by God) to settle (live on and own) all of the land in the United States.
Where did they first find gold?
Sacramento Valley
How many miles long was the Oregon Trail?
2,000 miles
What years did the Mexican American War take place?
1846-1848
What was the name of the path/trail that Native Americans took to leave their home?
Trail of Tears
Name 4 events that were the effect of believing in Manifest Destiny
Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Mexican American War, Indian Removal
How many dollars worth of gold was found?
$81 million worth of gold
How many acres of land could a white man get for free in Oregon?
320 acres
What was the name of the president in the USA during the Mexican American War?
President James Polk
What did the Indian Removal Act say?
Native Americans living in the Southeastern states must leave their homes and move to "Indian Territory," so white people could have their land.
Name 4 reasons people moved West in the 1800s
Money, resources, jobs, land/territory, spread Christianity, removed from their homes
How many new people moved during the Gold Rush?
Over 100,000
What was the name of the law that gave white men free land in Oregon?
Oregon Donation Land Law
Wy did some people think the war was bad AND why did other people think the war was good?
Bad: Land was not rightfully theirs, we were fighting to steal land from Mexico.
Good: This was God's Plan (Manifest Destiny) for white Americans to own and live on all of the land in the country.
What tribe stayed in their land longer than any other AND what state were they in?
The Seminoles and Florida
What century was Manifest Destiny a big idea?
Mid-19th century