Westward Expansion Part 1

What nickname was given to the forced removal of Cherokee from Georgia?

• The Trail of Tears

• The U.S Indian Removal Act

• The Oklahoma Caravan

What is a pelt.

• furs

• a leather strap

• a type of animal

• a trap

Mountain man that was attacked by a grizzly bear and had his ear sewn back on upside down.

• Jedediah Smith

• Peter Skene Ogden

• Joseph Walker

• Jim Beckwourth

A gathering place where trappers sold furs, bought supplies, and socialized

• The Great Encounter
• Rendezvous
• Bear River Dance
• Chuck-A-Rama

One important lasting impact of the mountain men is....?

• beaver were almost trapped to extinction in Europe
• many took Indian wives
• the rendezvous is still held today
• they opened up/discovered many of the trails that western settlers later used

Who were the Mormons?

• 1848 when gold was found in California
• name given to members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
• Mexican General
• created by Congress in 1848 as an area that included present day Oregon

Which group of people were persecuted, or badly treated, by their neighbors in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, and then decided to move to Utah?

• Mormon pioneers
• Goshute Native Americans
• Pioneers headed to Oregon
• The Donner-Reed party

Who led the Mormons from Navoo to Salt Lake City?

• Joseph Smith
• Brigham Young
• God

Land that is unsettled and not developed is

• pioneer
• migration
• cession
• frontier

1. The United States Army forced Native American tribes to move ______ of the ________River.

• North of the Broad River

• South of the Rio Grand River

• West of the Mississippi River

• East of the Mississippi River