Chapter 1 Lesson 3-5

The past teaches us about who we are as Americans by helping us understand how our lives today are different from the lives of children who lived long ago in America.

• It helps us compare our lives today with those of children from the past.

• It tells us what will happen in the future.

• It makes us forget about history.

• It shows us how to live exactly like people did long ago.

Did the Native American groups choose to move?

• No, the Native American groups did not choose to move.

• Yes, the Native American groups willingly chose to move,.

• The Native American groups moved because they wanted to explore new lands.

In 1830, the United States government passed the Indian Removal Act. True or False: The Native American peoples suffered from coldness, hunger, and disease during the removal.

• True

• False

Which Native American group was removed from Florida?

• Cherokee

• Creek

• Seminole

• Choctaw

What year did the United States become a nation?

• 1776

• 1492

• 1865

• 1803

What did the settlers do to make room for farms and towns?

• Built new cities

• Cut down forests

• Moved to the coast

• Built factories

The United States government made agreements with which groups to claim land?

• Native Americans

• European nations

• Asian countries

• African nations

Settlers traveled west in covered wagons. Many moved for the opportunity to own _____

• land

• gold

• horses

• ships

The army protected the settlers as they moved to new lands.

• True

• False

Immigrants are people who come to live in a country that is ______ to them. Fill in the blank.

• new

• old

• familiar

• distant