Pioneer Stuff

Question 0

Trail of tears

Answer 0

The forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from the homes in Georgia to the lands West in 1838-1839

Question 1

Relocate

Answer 1

to move to another location

Question 2

Andrew Jackson

Answer 2

Our 7th president who was elected in 1829

Question 3

Mormonism

Answer 3

A religion founded iby Joseph Smith in 1820. After Smith’s death, followers followed Brigham young to the Rocky Mountains as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The term mormon comes from the Book of Mormon.

Question 4

Indian Removal Act

Answer 4

The 1830 law authorized the president to move Eastern Indians to public lands of the Mississippi

Question 5

Oregon Country

Answer 5

The vast region of the NorthWest surrounding the Columbia, Snake, and Fraser Rivers claimed by the British.

Question 6

South pass

Answer 6

A low-lying area through the Rocky Mountains in that is now Wyoming. Many trails west used this pass to get through the mountains (also known as the Oregon trail and Mormon)