History East of the Mississippi River

These people were the first to settle in North America

• Native Americans

• Europeans

• colonists

• immigrants

Europeans came to settle for ______.

• gold

• natural resources

• land

• freedom

Which two types of settlements did the Spanish create?

• religious

• military

• trade

• city

Which war freed the colonists from England

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• World War I

• World War II

Why did people begin to move inland from the Atlantic coast?

• getting too crowded

• land was not good for farming

• for jobs

• to be closet to family

True or False: Native Americans were forced to leave their land.

• True

• False

What were the two results of new technologies on farms?

• more productive

• needed fewer human workers

• needed more human workers

• farms became smaller

Freed slaved moved ______ after the Civil War.

• north

• south

• east

• west

Why did people immigrate to the United States?

• jobs

• freedom

• education

• share their customs

Forcing the Cherokee off their land and to Indian Territory in Oklahoma was know as the _______.

• Trail of Tears

• Trail of Natives

• Trail to Oklahoma

• Trail of Opportunity