Unit 8 Vocabulary

3. Relocate: to ______ to another place

4. Indian Removal Act: Act of Congress, pushed by Jackson, that allowed the federal government to pay the Native Americans to move to Indian Territory in present day _______.

8. Seminole: The name of the Native American _____ in Florida that resisted forced removal to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

7. Osceola: The Native American ____ that led a resisting group in Florida.

11. Mountain men: adventurers and explorers in the ____ that lived in the wilderness, usually involved in fur trade or opening up trails.

12. Manifest Destiny: Phrase made popular by John O'Sullivan that means it was America's obvious ____ to spread west across the continent.

16. Texan Annexation: Texas declared independence from Mexico but did not become a part of the Union until a few years later in 1845 due to the division over ______.

19. Forty-Niners: Fortune seekers who came to California during the _____ rush.