American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent.
What is manifest destiny?
100
president during the time of westward expansion (during native american removal period)
Who is andrew jackson
100
natives were granted citizenship if....
became americanized/ give up tribal ways
100
a plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture
What is assimilation
100
2 people who were hired to explore territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean before Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisiana territory
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ?
200
name at least 3 motivations for settlers to move west
What is Transcontinental railroad, more land, job opportunity,
California gold rush, farming business opportunity
200
which event caused thousands of americans to go west to california
What is the california gold rush?
200
which amendment supported the indian removal act?
(hint: private property shoulf not be taken for public use, without just [fair] compensation.)
what is the 5th?
200
belief that ones own ethnic group is better than others groups
what is Ethnocentrism?
200
type of schools indians were sent to learn american ways
What is boarding school
300
a railroad system that crossed the continental United States.
What is the trans-continental railroad?
300
act passed by congress in 1862 that offered 160 acres of free land to american settlers in the west.
What is the Homestead Act?
300
animal that natives depended on for food, clothing and tools
What are buffalo?
300
limited area of land set aside for native Americans to live on by U.S government
What are reservations?
300
1838 called in federal troops in to “escort” approximately 15,000 Cherokee people to their new home in Indian Territory (OKLAHOMA). On the way, thousands of the Cherokee people died.
What is the trail of tears?
400
president Thomas Jefferson bought land from France in 1801 which doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
400
2 positive aspects of trans-continental railroad
What is creation of time zones, faster travel, trade
400
describe how natives felt about land use?
What is the land is for every1 to use, equal use for everyone, only mother nature can move people
400
the indian wars were mainly due to.....
What is fighting over movement of settlers to great plains, land?
400
Term used to describe taking over an area for economic/cultural advancement at the expense of others (hint: bully)
What is imperialsim?
500
California & other southwestern territory was obtained through......
What is the Mexican-American war?
500
act that government passed forcing native americans to move west of Mississippi river?
What is the indian removal act?
500
act enforced by congress to assimilate Native American Indians into American culture in exchange for 160 acres of reservation land
What is the Dawes Act?
500
300 Sioux natives were killed by open fire by American soldiers in missouri for not moving off reservations that contained gold.
What is the Massacre of Wounded Knee?
500
Supreme court case in which challenged Georgia's authority to remove cherokees from land