Unit 3 Chapter 2-Native Americans and the Settlement of the West

What Territory was purchased a year after Texas?

• Oregon Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

• Florida

• Alaska

Where the did Oregon Trail begin?

• New Orleans

• Independence

• New York

• Florida

What is the name of this invention?

• Steamboat

• Flatboat

• Steam Engine

• Keelboat

Why did American Settlers move to Oregon?

• Oil

• Gold

• Rich Farmland

• Coal

Why did American Settlers move to California?

• To live in a new city

• To swim in the Pacific Ocean

• To live on rich farmland

• To look for gold.

What year was all the land west of the Rocky Mountains Purchased?

• Before 1845

• After 1845

• 1803

• 1793

What was Manifest Destiny?

• Your belief in moving west

• A map

• God given right that Americans should expand west spreading liberty.

• Free land

Which best describes the Homestead Act?

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Free land given to American settlers to move west to farm for 5 years.

• God given right that Americans should expand west.

• Rich farmland

What is the steamboat powered by?

• Motor

• Steam engine

• Paddles

• Electricity

What was the name of the journey that the Cherokee Indians

had to take when forced from their land?

• Trail of Tears

• Journey Home

• Oregon Trail

• Home Bound