Unit 5 Flashcards
How long did the Battle of the Alamo last?
13
What was the famous battlecry for the Battle of the Alamo?
Remember the Alamo
Who formed the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
John C. Calhoun
What were the primary duties of the Bureau for Indian Affairs?
To enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes.
What changes did Andrew Jackson make regarding Indian/US Government relationship?
He relocated them to reservations and gave them hunting and fishing rights.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
A law to make more slavery state.
What was the disagreement that started the Missouri Compromise?
Which states would be slave states and not slave states.
Why did Cherokee Chief John Ross argue that the Treaty of New Echota was an invalid treaty?
Because it didn’t get signed
What was the name of the Mormon leader who led his followers through Iowa to Utah?
Brigham young
How did the Gold Rush begin?
Someone found gold in a river and people heard about it and went to find some.
How did the California Gold Rush affect the region?
It affected the region by a lot of people going there and building towns.
Name all the US states the Oregon Trail traveled through?
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Who was Hugh Glass
A hunter that was attacked by a bear then left for dead then lived.
What was the U.S. government’s response to the Cherokee petition against the Treaty of New Echota?
They just ignored it and didn’t care.
