Western Expansion impact: American Indians and Technology

Front

What was discovered on Cherokee land that caused the US and Georgia governments to force their removal?

Back

Gold

Front

What legislation authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern tribes exchanging their lands for land in the West?

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The Indian Removal Act

Front

Which president was behind the removal of the Cherokee Indians?

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Andrew Jackson

Front

What is the term for a person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit?

Back

Entrepreneur

Front

Who’s invention caused an increase in the demand for cotton, and then, an increase in the need for slave labor?

Back

Eli Whitney

Front

What two men worked to develop and market the reaper, which made it much easier for farmers to harvest wheat?

Back

Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson

Front

Who invented the steamboat?

Back

Robert Fulton

Front

What invention provided faster river transportation connecting Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories?

Back

Steamboat

Front

What was the nickname given to the relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma?

Back

The Trail of Tears

Front

What is the term for a person who is the first to think of something or the first to make something?

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Inventor