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Unit 3 Westward Expansion > Indian Removal Act 1830 > Flashcards

Indian Removal Act 1830 Flashcards

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Why were the Muskogee,Choctaw,Chickasaw,Cherokee and Seminole sometimes referred to as the 5 civilized tribes

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Because they compromised with white settlers

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Did all white Americans support the Indian Reomval Act?

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Not all most of them did not agree the was a difference of 4 Yes’

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How many months did the journey take for the migration ?

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5 Months

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Why did Americans believe they should move westward

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There divine obligation

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Which groups supported the Indian Removal Act?

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President Jackson, southern and white settlers, and several state governments, especially that of Georgia

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Which groups were against the Indian Removal Act?

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Native American tribes and the Whig Party opposed the bill, as did other groups within white American society such as missoaniers.

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Why was traveling by river so vital/ important in early America

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The rivers provide a fast transportation of goods especially from the Midwest (the great lakes) and to the east coast (New York)

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What is Manifest destiny?

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An idea created by Americans for a reason to continue to move west (their Destiny)

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Why were some reasons Americans thought moving west would be the best?

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Americans thought it would make new opportunities and for growth in economy. Many farmers thought it would for agriculture benifits.

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What was the most common jobs for Americans during the 1800s

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Farmers

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Who created the Cotton Gin and the idea of interchangle parts

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Eli Whitney

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What were the many items created by the revolution of interchangeable part s

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Clocks, locks easily mass produced

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What caused the riseing need for interchangable parts. Where were the factories built

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The war of 1812 (the north east)

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Trail of tears description

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The forced relocation of native americans durring the 1830’s

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What were the five groups of Native Americans that were relocatcated?

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Cherokee, Creek, Chicksaw, Choctaw, seminole,

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Where were the Native Americans forced to move to?

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West of the mississippi

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How many Native Americans were forced from there homes?

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Aproximitly 100,000 indegonus people

18
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What was the Mexican-American War

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The Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848 marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “Manifest Destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. A border rought along the Rio Grande that started off the fighting was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

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What were they fighting about?

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Disputed land on the border of texas and Meixco

20
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How much money did James Polk offer Mexico

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30mil to purchse californa

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How long did the war last?

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Started May 13th 1846 and ended Febuary 2nd 1848

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How much terriotry did Mexico have to give up after signing the contract?

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1/3 of its terriotry to the U.s.

23
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The seneca falls convention

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The seneca falls convention was in 1848 in New York City

24
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Who held/ organized the seneca falls convention

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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both women were also very involved with anti-slavery

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What was the purpose of the seneca falls convention/ woman’s movment

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To discuss social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women

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How many people attended the convention

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300

27
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Who helped pass a serious of declarations and demanding for suffrage

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Fredrick Douglas also an advocate for anti-slavery

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What are things women couldn’t do before the women’s movement

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Couldn’t own property, Rarely recive formal education, deprived the right to vote, could not hold office, could not testify during a divorce against your husband, if women made any money it would go to there husbands or fathers

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What brought women into the workplace

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The industrial revoultion

30
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Suffrage

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The right to vote

31
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What caused Irish Immigrants to come to the U.S

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Potato Famine which would end up killing 1million people

32
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Why was the cause and effect of Irish Immigrants not getting a warm welcome?

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Most Irish were catholic and the areas they moved to like New york and Boston were high in protestant population. They weird viewed as “social alines” They ended up working the lowest paying jobs and living in slums

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How many Irish lived in New York durring the 1840’s

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Over 780,000 more Irish would live in the U.sS than in Dublin

34
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What was the telegraph

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sending electric signals across wires

35
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Who was Samuel Morse

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Samuel Morse created his own version of a telegraph buy using morse code-1832

36
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Who was Samuel slater

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The inventor of the Textile Mill - stole secret inventions from the UK

37
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Who was James Haragreave

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Created the first practical application of multiple spinning by a machine. AKA spinning Jenny

38
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Edums Cartwright and James Haragreaves created different wool spingin meachines. Why?

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To create a faster way to make cloth

39
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What type of people found the faster creation of cloth very useful and a large economic boost

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Southern Farm owners

40
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How did the growth of cities improve overpopulated cities streets

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many cities at that time were very populated and the water systems were poultied, due to no sewer system so after rainfall the graval roads would turn into mud.

41
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What are certian ways America gained territory

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Buying the land, reciving the land, added on, land treaties, winning wars,

42
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What is one other reason settelers moved west

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Gold was discovered

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