Westward Expansion Vocabulary

Indian Removal Act

• a common wagon used on the westward trail

• the edge of the wilderness

• act signed by President Jackson that stated the Native Americans had to leave their homes

• the journey of American Indians from their homes in the east to the Indian Territory

Persecution

• the edge of the wilderness

• unfair treatment because of race or political or religious beliefs

• a line of wagons traveling as a group

• a person who built a home on the edge of the wilderness

Missionary

• a line of wagons traveling as a group

• a person who built a house on the edge of thewilderness

• land that the US government forced the Native American tribes to live on

• a person who moves to a new area to convince others to believe their religion

Many ___________ traveled west to claim land and for new opportunities.

• missionaries

• pioneers

• Native Americans

• Loyalists

The _______, new lands and wilderness, were full of possibilities and resources.

• frontier

• pioneers

• wagon trains

• Prairie Schooners

Trail of Tears

• land that the US government forced the Native American tribes to live on

• act signed by the President that forced Native Americans to leave their homes and move west

• the journey of American Indians from their homes in the east to the Indian Territory

• The trail that the pioneers traveled to get to the frontier

It was dangerous to try and travel west without protection, so families would travel together, combining their wagons into what was called a __________ _________.

• Prairie Schooner

• Manifest Destiny

• Pioneer Train

• Wagon Train

Manifest Destiny

• The belief that the colonist should not be taxed unfairly by Parliament

• The idea that the US had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean

• The idea that the Native Americans had a right to the land and should not be moved

• The idea that everybody has a right to practice the religion they want

American Indians were forced to leave their homes in the east and move to _______________ __________in the west.

• Indian Territory

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

• Manifest Destiny

Pioneers traveled and transported their belongings in _________ ________, covered wagons that were 10 feet long.

• Moving Van

• Prairie Schooner

• Wagon Trains

• Truck