Westward Expansion Part 2

The United States government forced many Native American tribes to relocate to different areas called Indian Reservations so that…

• white settlers could move on the land

• they wanted to turn the land into National parks

• They could build cabins as rest stops in the mountains

• they could sell the land to Mexico

The most popular route people travelled along to move west was?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mississippi Expedition

• The Rocky Mountain Trail

List an obstacle that settlers faced traveling west.

• mountains
• crossing rivers
• the great plains
• all of the above

How were the Native Americans economically affected by displacement?

• They profited from gold found on their reservations

• Their families were separated from their children

• They lived comfortably on reservations

• Many suffered from poverty and starvation

Which best describes Manifest Destiny?

• Caused everyone to get along better
• expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific
• Idea started in the 1600s
• The king said that we had to the right to move west

What was the Indian Removal Act?

• All NA had to move to Europe
• All NA had to move to Canada
• all NA east of the Mississippi are forced to move to a territory in Oklahoma
• All NA west of the Mississippi River had to move to Oklahoma

Uncharted territory or wilderness

• Expedition

• Frontier

• Pacific

• Exploration

A religious group that went west to Utah to practice their religion freely

• Protestants

• Catholics

• Mormons

• Methodists

What did the white settlers want from the Native Americans?

• gold and money

• money and horses

• gold and fur

• land and gold

Which state was added to the U.S. at the same time Missouri was added as a slave state?

• Florida

• Texas

• Maine

• New York