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5th grade SS test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | Manifest Destiny is the 19th century idea that Americans were chosen by God to settle all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
| Goals of Lewis and Clark Expedition | 1. Map the Louisiana Territory 2. Find water route to the Pacific Ocean 3. Keep a detailed record of land resources 4.Establish trade with indgenous groups. 5. Claim the land in the West of the US |
| Hardships faced he emigrants on the Oregon Trail | Bad Weather, rough terrain, accidents such as gunshot wouds, burns, broken bones, conflict with Native Americans, Illness and diseases |
| Santa Fe Trail | Used by Mexican and American traders a s a commerical route |
| Mormon Trail | used by the mormons to escape persecution and hate |
| President Andrew Jackson | Passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 which gave the president power to negotitate treaties with Native American Tribes in order to remove them from their land |
| What was the cause of the Indian Removal Act? | Many felt the Native Americans were in the way of the settles gaining more land |
| What were the effects of Indian Removal? | 5 major tribes were removed and fforced to walk a trail to their new location. Millions of Native Americans lost their lives. |
| Who benefitted from the Gold Rush? | Business owners who sold to the miners |
| How did the Gold Rush affect immigrants and Native Americans? | Immigrants were pushed out and attacked. Native Americans forced off their land. |
| What was the view point of abolitionists? | slavery was morally wrong |
| California Trail | used by gold seekers during the California Gold Rush |
| Missouri Compromise | in 1820, Missouri joined the Union as a slave state and Maine became a free state |
| Abolitionists | Those who opposed slavery such as Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln |