Chapters 30-1 Quiz Flashcards

311612939	Manifest Destiny	United States was destined to expand across the North American continent	0
311612940	Westward Expansion	the United States expanded to the west rapidly	1
311612941	Indian Removal Act	Indians were forced out of their home territory and into reservations, like in Oklahoma	2
311612942	The Trail of Tears	the 800 mile migration of the Natives Americans from their home territory to Oklahoma were thousands died from disease, starvation, and the other difficulties of relocation	3
311612943	Little Big Horn	Colonel Custer lost this battle in Montana	4
311612944	The Mexican-American War	fueled by tension between Mexico and America after Texas became a state; won by America	5
311612945	Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo	United States took possession of one-half of Mexican territory	6
311612946	Abraham Lincoln	16th President of the US; wrote the Gettysburg Adress and the emancipation proclamation	7
311612947	U.S. Civil War	War between Confederate and the Union over slavery in America	8
311612948	Emancipation Proclamation	Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free	9