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3. THIS TRIBE MAINLY WALKED THE TRAIL OF TEARS Cherokee
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4. EVEN THOUGH THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN THEIR FAVOR, THIS STATE STILL KICKED THEM OUT Georgia
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5. THIS MAN WAS PRESIDENT WHEN THE ACT WAS PASSED TO FORCE THEM OUT AND THIS MAN WAS PRESIDENT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY LEFT Jackson ; van Buren
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6. THIS WAS THE MAIN REASON NATIVE AMERICANS WERE FORCED OFF THEIR LAND AND NAME OF LAND THEY WERE BEING MOVED TO Gold discovered ; Indian Territory
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7. FULL NAME OF THE ACT THAT WANTED TO PUSH NATIVE AMERICANS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Indian Removal Act of 1830
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8. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THIS POLITICAL PARTY Democratic Party
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9. THE PRIMARY REASON HE WAS ELECTED He was Jackson’s VP
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10. NICKNAME GIVEN TO HIM BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT Martin van Ruin
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11. IN 1840, HE LOST HIS REELECTION TO THIS MAN WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THIS POLITICAL PARTY William Henry Harrison ; Whig
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12. THE NAMES OF THE TWO MAJOR ISSUES WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT Panic of 1837 and Trail of Tears
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13. STARTING POINT FOR MOST TRAILS (CITY AND STATE) Independence, Missouri
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14. How were Native Americans seen on both the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
How were Native Americans seen on both the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails? Oregon – helpful Santa Fe - hostile
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15. What were three dangers people on the trails faced
What were three dangers people on the trails faced? Starvation, weather, wagon accidents
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16. The Mormons traveled West because they were persecuted for this belief back East. polygamy
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17. What type of people traveled Oregon Trail predominantly? families
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18. Andrew Jackson was known as “Old Kinderhook” False – van Buren
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19. The Santa Fe was the most dangerous trail. True
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20. The best two seasons to travel the trails was fall and winter
The best two seasons to travel the trails was fall and winter. False – spring and summer
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21. It took approximately 6 months to travel the Oregon Trail. True
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Pioneers favored the Conestoga Wagon on their travels. False – Prairie Schooner
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23. These fur trappers went west in the early 1800’s and were often social misfits. Mountain Men
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24. He was Andrew Jackson’s second vice president Martin van Buren
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25. He was the famous mountain man who was seen in Horrible Histories Jim Bridger
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26. This person is credited with leading the Mormons to Utah Brigham Young
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27. This mountain man had a very profitable fur trading company in Oregon
This mountain man had a very profitable fur trading company in Oregon. John Jacob Astor
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