History American West

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  • Who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830?
    Joseph Smith
  • What led Joseph Smith to attract followers?
    His belief that an angel gave him a book from God and his persuasive manner
  • What happened to Joseph Smith in 1844?
    He was assassinated
  • Why did Mormons move westward?
    To escape persecution in the East
  • What act was passed in 1830 that affected Native Americans?
    The Indian Removal Act
  • What did the Indian Removal Act require?
    It forced Indians living in the eastern states to move west of the Mississippi River
  • How many Indians were forced to move due to the Indian Removal Act?
    Approximately 46,000
  • What did Andrew Jackson promise to the Indians regarding their land?
    That they would never have to give up their land
  • What economic event in 1837 pushed people to move west?
    The economic depression
  • What did families hope to find by moving west during the economic depression?
    Free land and escape from economic effects
  • Who built Fort Bridger on the Oregon Trail?
    Jim Bridger
  • What services did Fort Bridger provide?
    A store for supplies and a workshop for wagon repairs
  • How did Jim Bridger contribute to westward expansion?
    He spread information about fertile lands to Eastern people
  • What significant migration began in 1843?
    The Great Migration to Oregon
  • How many people made the journey west during the Great Migration in 1843?
    About a thousand
  • What revelation did Joseph Smith receive in 1844?
    To practice polygamy
  • How did some Mormons react to Joseph Smith's revelation about polygamy?
    They criticized him and called him a false prophet
  • What was the outcome of the mob attack on Joseph Smith in June 1844?
    He was shot dead
  • Who first used the term "Manifest Destiny"?
    John Sullivan
  • What does "Manifest Destiny" refer to?
    The belief that white Americans had the right to occupy the entire North American continent
  • How did some academics view the motivation behind Manifest Destiny?
    As having a racial motivating factor
  • What did Brigham Young do in the spring of 1846?
    He took 36,000 Mormons over a thousand miles west to the Great Salt Lake
  • What was the status of Salt Lake City in 1846?
    It was part of Mexico
  • What contributed to the Mormons' successful migration to the Great Salt Lake?
    Brigham Young's organization and leadership skills
  • What action did Joseph Smith take against a newspaper that criticized him?
    He destroyed the presses of the newspaper
  • What did Brigham Young realize after Joseph Smith's death?
    It was time for the Mormons to move west
  • When was gold discovered in California?
    In January 1848
  • What happened once the discovery of gold became known?
    People from the east flocked to California hoping to find gold
  • What were the migrants who arrived in California in 1849 known as?
    The 49ers
  • Why did the gold rush occur almost a year after the discovery of gold?
    Because news took months to reach the eastern states and for people to travel
  • What did the foreign miners tax indicate about the gold rush?
    It showed the extent to which gold discovery acted as a catalyst for westward expansion
  • What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
    To settle tensions over newly acquired territories after the Mexican War
  • What did California's admission as a free state lead to?
    Anger in the South and considerations of secession
  • What was popular sovereignty as proposed in the Compromise of 1850?
    It allowed settlers to decide if their states would be free or slave states
  • What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?
    All Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners
  • What was the aim of the Indian Appropriations Act?
    To provide government money for moving Plains Indians onto reservations
  • What were reservations in the context of westward expansion?
    Areas of land reserved for American Indians controlled by the US government
  • What was the main goal of the Indian reservation system?
    To bring Native Americans under US government control and minimize conflict
  • What catastrophic results did the reservation system have for Native Americans?
    It restricted their land and hunting rights, leading to long-term consequences
  • What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 establish?
    Indian homelands that would not be entered by white settlers