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Stack #4658834
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| which Natives lived on the southeastern coast of the U.S.? | "Five civilized tribes": Cherokee, creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw tribes |
| When was the Indian removal act passed? | 1830 |
| what did the Indian removal act say? | the law allowed the federal gov't to pay Native Americans to move west off their ancestral lands |
| why was this law passed? | the most fertile areas of the United States were good for cotton farming |
| what supported this law? | support came from southern democrats (farmers) |
| Where were the removed natives sent to live? | Congress created "Indian territory" |
| What did accepting the removal order look like? | some native American tribes peacefully agreed to treaties/payments and left |
| What did resisting the removal order in court look like? | Worcester v Georgia supreme court ruled in favor of the Cherokee the state of Georgia ignored the ruling |
| What was the trail of tears? | the forceful/rushed removal of the Cherokee nation from their lands |
| approximately how many natives Americans were removed from their ancestral homelands | 50,000 |
| What was Manifest Destiny? | the belief that the United States was destined by God to expand west to the Pacific Ocean |
| who was responsible for using the term? | John o' sullivar |
| how did the term contribute to westward expansion? | became the driving philoscphy (way of thinking) that justified americans moving west |
| who were some of the first americans to reach oregon ? | fur traders |
| what important contributions did these "mountain men" take to the area? | mapping the area |
| what was "oregon fever" and when did it strike the U.S.? | 1830-1840 the mass migration of thoughsands of americans to cregon |
| how did early americans settlers get to oregon? | -Missouri->Oregon -approximately 2,000 miles long -settelers had diseases along the way |
| who were the whiteman's? | the whitemans led a christan missionary to oregon to convert native americans to christianity |
| how did the whiteman mission impact local native americans? | unknowingly, the whitemans/western settlers brought measles with them and killed almost half of the cayuse native americans |
| where was the U.S./british border officialy establish? | no spain russsia u.s. britain |
| hwo did securing oregon contribute to westard expansion? | set the u.s./british border at the 49 degree north latitude line |
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