Ch 12 Westward Expansion

this law allowed the U.S. to remove the American Indian in the Southeast

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

1838-1839 the U.S. military forces gathered American Indians from their homelands and forced them to march west.

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

to locate to a new place

• Skirmish

• Relocation

tract of public land set aside for American Indians

• Trail of Tears

• Reservation

minor fight in a bigger war

• Skirmish

• Relocation

major battle fought in southern Montana in June 1876

• Battle of the Indians

• Battle of Little Bighorn

army lieutenant colonel that led fight against Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians to force them onto reservations

• Sherman Wiliams

• George Custer

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• The American soldiers

• The American Indians

How were the American Indians impacted by westward expansion? Pick multiple answers

• Thousands of Cherokee Indians died while being forced to move to Oklahoma.

• Indians were provided will an abundance of food.

• American Indians were forced to relocate to reservations

• Indian Tribes battled U.S. Army troops in the western U.S.

• A few of the Indians died from not sleeping

What kind of diseases caused the death of many American Indians?

• Smallpox and Measles

• Flu and Cold