Unit 4, Lessons 4-5, Oregon Trail

What do you call a route used during westward migration starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon?

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Indian Removal Act

• reservations

What do you call lands in the west that were set aside for Indians so they could govern themselves and white settlers could take their farmland?

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Indian Removal Act

• reservations

What do you call a law that gave Indians land in the West in exchange for their lands east of the Mississippi River?

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Indian Removal Act

• reservations

What do you call the forced removal of the Cherokee from their land in the east?

• Trail of Tears

• Oregon Trail

• Indian Removal Act

• reservations

Who were Homesteading laws designed to attract?

• Native Americans

• farmers

• soldiers

• Europeans

Who would a person who believed in Manifest Destiny think was getting in the way of American Progress?

• Farmers

• Europeans

• Pioneers

• Native Americans

What would happen to a Native American leader if he refused to move off of his land in the east?

• He would be sent to court

• He would be sent to Europe

• He would be forced by U.S. soldiers to move

• He would be allowed to stay on his land

What happened to the Cherokee population during the Trail of Tears?

• Nearly a quarter of the population died

• The Cherokee population got bigger

• A few Cherokee Indians died

• Many babies were born making the population increase

What happened to Native American children when they began attending American Indian schools?

• They were able to share their culture with American children

• They learned to build homes for their families

• They learned to speak and write in their native language

• They started speaking and dressing like Americans and lost their culture

What were TWO challenging geographic features that pioneers faced on their journey on the Oregon Trail? PICK TWO.

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Rivers

• Deserts