Indian Removal Act 1830

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Because they compromised with white settlers

Question 2

Did all white Americans support the Indian Reomval Act?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

How many months did the journey take for the migration ?

Answer 3

5 Months

Question 4

Why did Americans believe they should move westward

Answer 4

There divine obligation

Question 5

Which groups supported the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Which groups were against the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is Manifest destiny?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Farmers

Question 11

Who created the Cotton Gin and the idea of interchangle parts

Answer 11

Eli Whitney

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Clocks, locks easily mass produced

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The war of 1812 (the north east)

Question 14

Trail of tears description

Answer 14

The forced relocation of native americans durring the 1830’s

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Cherokee, Creek, Chicksaw, Choctaw, seminole,

Question 16

Where were the Native Americans forced to move to?

Answer 16

West of the mississippi

Question 17

How many Native Americans were forced from there homes?

Answer 17

Aproximitly 100,000 indegonus people

Question 18

What was the Mexican-American War

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

What were they fighting about?

Answer 19

Disputed land on the border of texas and Meixco

Question 20

How much money did James Polk offer Mexico

Answer 20

30mil to purchse californa

Question 21

How long did the war last?

Answer 21

Started May 13th 1846 and ended Febuary 2nd 1848

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

The seneca falls convention

Answer 23

The seneca falls convention was in 1848 in New York City

Question 24

Who held/ organized the seneca falls convention

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

How many people attended the convention

Answer 26

300

Question 27

Who helped pass a serious of declarations and demanding for suffrage

Answer 27

Fredrick Douglas also an advocate for anti-slavery

Question 28

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

Answer 28

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

Question 29

What brought women into the workplace

Answer 29

The industrial revoultion

Question 30

Suffrage

Answer 30

The right to vote

Question 31

What caused Irish Immigrants to come to the U.S

Answer 31

Potato Famine which would end up killing 1million people

Question 32

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

Answer 32

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

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What was the telegraph

Answer 34

sending electric signals across wires

Question 35

Who was Samuel Morse

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Who was Samuel slater

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Who was James Haragreave

Answer 37

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

Question 38

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

Answer 38

To create a faster way to make cloth

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Southern Farm owners

Question 40

How did the growth of cities improve overpopulated cities streets

Answer 40

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.

Question 41

What are certian ways America gained territory

Answer 41

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

Question 42

What is one other reason settelers moved west

Answer 42

Gold was discovered