Early settlement of the West 1835-1862

Question 1

When was the Donner Party

Answer 1

1846

Question 2

Who led the Donner Party

Answer 2

The Donner Brothers

Question 3

How many migrants were led by the Donner brothers

Answer 3

300

Question 4

By mid-October where did the Donner Part reach

Answer 4

The Sierra Nevada mountains

Question 5

How many people are thought to have died along the Oregon Trail

Answer 5

20,000

Question 6

What are the main problems of of migration

Answer 6

Getting stuck, falling ill and running out of supplies

Question 7

When was the Indian Removal Act

Answer 7

28 May 1830

Question 8

What is the Indian Removal Act

Answer 8

It forces Indians to move west of the Mississippi River

Question 9

How many moves during the Indian Removal Act

Answer 9

Over 46,000

Question 10

When was the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act

Answer 10

30 June 1843

Question 11

What is the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act

Answer 11

Sets out a frontier between the USA and Indian territory. It also stopped whites settling on Indian lands and prevented the sale of guns and alcohol to the Indians

Question 12

When was the US victory in the Mexican-American War

Answer 12

2 February 1848

Question 13

What territory did American gain after the Mexican-American war

Answer 13

California

Question 14

What did the victory of of the Mexican-American war mean

Answer 14

That the Indian lands were now in the middle of the USA

Question 15

When was the Indian Appropriations Act

Answer 15

29 February 1851

Question 16

What was the Indian Appropriations Act

Answer 16

It funded the moving of American Indians to reservations in modern day Oklahoma