This map shows which reason for Westward Migration?

The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the God-given right of the country is known as ___.

What was not one of the economic factors people moved west for?

People moved west because ___.

This map shows which reason for Westward Migration?

Which of the following is not an example of cheaper faster water transportation?

What made travel across New York using water cheaper and easier?

The Santa Fe and Oregon are examples of ____ that improved as more travelers used them and gained new knowledge of the dangers along the way.

Select all the reasons for Westward Migration

The Indian Removal Act was passed because___.

The Indian Removal Act authorized the federal government to ___.

What did the American Indian Removal Act force the Native tribes to do?

Select ALL that apply.

What did the Cherokee tribe do after the Indian Removal Act was passed?

In the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia case__.

Select ALL that apply

After bringing two cases before the Supreme Court, the Cherokee were still forced to relocate to the West because ___.

What did the Cherokee people call the 800+ mile march to the Oklahoma territory?

What effects of the Trail of Tears were devastating to the Cherokee people?

Select ALL that apply

____________________ in the eastern states led settlers to move west

Availability of ________, fertile land influenced settlers to move west.

During the Gold Rush of 1849, settlers traveled to ________________ in the search for gold

Freedom for runaway slaves was a factor that influenced settlers movements west.

Farming was an economic factor in settlers moving west

________________________ modes of transportation, such as rivers and canals (Erie Canal), steamboats helped settlers move west.

The California Gold Rush was ___________________ factor in settlers moving west

Settlers used the ___________________ trails to get to the west

Belief in the right of ______________________ —the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country

Which of the following is NOT a motivation for settlers to travel west.

Which of the following provided faster transportation?

(Pick 2)

The discovery of _______ on American Indian land in the southern United States eventually led to the removal of the Cherokee Indians in Georgia.

The _______________________________ authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern tribes exchanging their lands for land in the West.

The American Indian Removal Act authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern tribes exchanging their lands for land in the ________.

________ was dismissed by the Supreme Court, stating that the tribe was not a foreign country and therefor could not sue a state.

Worcester v. Georgia was _____________ decision that supported the Cherokee Indians’ rights to their land.

________ was part of the American Indian removal policy where the Cherokee nation and other tribes were forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and to relocate to an area in present-day Oklahoma.

American Indians clashed with United States settlers and the United States government during ______________________.

Logging was ___________________ factor in settlers moving west

Westward migration was influenced by ___.

People moved west for the opportunity to own _____.

Farming, logging, gold, and freedom for runaway slaves are examples of the _____ that encouraged westward migration.

Which of the following is NOT an example of the cheaper, faster transportation that brought people west?

Increased _____ made it safer to travel west by wagon.

“Manifest Destiny” is the idea that westward expansion was _____.

Why did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act?

What did the Indian Removal Act force natives to do?

In _____ the Supreme Court decided that the Cherokee did not have the right to sue Georgia for their land, but later in a later case the Supreme Court decided that only the National Government had the power to take or purchase land from the Native Americans and the states had no power to do either.

The 800+ mile forced march made by the Cherokee from Georgia to the Oklahoma territory is called ___.

Over 4,000 Cherokee ___ starvation, disease, exposure, and exhaustion.