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Andrew Jackson (Native American Removal)
Andrew Jackson the president at the time exchanged land with the Native Americans. He moved them to land west of the Mississippi River. Some of the tribes got to stay but most of them were forced to lave and if they didn't they were removed in other ways. More than 4,000 Cherokees died on the trail which is known as the Trail of Tears. This is a picture of Andrew Jackson when he was president. -
The Mormons
There are two types of Mormons. One of the types is their religion and believing in only having one wife. The other type is believing in the religion but also having multiple wives that live all together and in no mans land. They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Mormons believes are alike Christians and some other religions. After Joseph Smith got murdered they needed to have a new leader so the picked Brigham Young because he was like joseph smith in many ways -
Brigham Young (Mormons)
Brigham the second President of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church, which is also called the Mormon Church. Having his leadership with the western territory's people call him American Moses. The Lord even had his ways for calling him Moses and
the pioneers moving westward were called "Camp of Israel". Young's parents taught him how to read and write because he started to work as a young child and didn’t have time for education. In 1824 he got married and started to go to a Methodist Churc -
The Alamo
The Alamo was where the Texan's war took place because they wanted independence from the Mexicans. The leaders that led the Texan's were George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam and they flooded Garrison at the Alamo and took the Fort, and took control over San Antonio. The Mexican's over powered the Texan's by thousands. The Alamos commanders were James Bowie, William Travis and Davy Crockett. They were stuck in the Alamo for 13 days before they defeated and could leave. After the battle later -
Trail of Tears
In 1830's the removal of the Native Americans started by the government. The tribes that were in the removal were the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations from their homes in the southeast. They were forced to walk thousand of miles to cross the Mississippi River. More than 125,000 Native Americans walked on this trail. When any of them got sick the just left them on the trail to die. This picture shows the trail the Native Americans made from so many people walking on it -
Joseph Smith (Relation to Mormons)
When Joseph Smith was 14 he wanted to learn all the religions to figure out which one he wanted to join. He went to the woods one morning and sat on the ground and god game to him and said not to join any churches and to wait for me to show you what religion to join. In 1830 he became the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph married Emma Hale and 33 other wives. Smith was murdered because of his beliefs. This is a picture of Joseph Smith the first president -
Manifest Destiny
In the 1840's the Americans mission was to expand their civilization and live a crossed North America. With the Americans moving out it is forcing the Native Americans out of their homes. With this happening it helped the Western settlement get rid of the Native Americans and the Mexican War that was about to happen. This picture shows all of the Native Americans moving out to a different land and seeing the American men kicking more Native Americans out of their homes and starting to farm and t -
Donner Party
The Donner Party was 90 Americans that left Springfield, Illinois and started to head west to California on foot and by wagons. On their way they had some problems with the weather and had delays. The got stuck by snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Having a bigger group of people they were going through the food quicker so they started to eat people that were dyeing and even started to kill. They finally made it to California after winter was over and the snow was gone. This picture is of -
Mexican War
The Mexican War was the first U.S. conflicted on foreign soil. The Mexicans were unprepared against the U.S.President James K. Polk believed the United states was part of the Manifest Destiny to try and spread across the world to the Pacific Ocean. What started the war was a boarded skirmish along the Rio Grande that was being tracked by the U.S. victories. After all of the dust cleared away the Mexican had almost lost more than one third of their territory. Which included some of California to -
Gold Rush
In the early 1848 there was gold nuggets found in Sacramento Valley which was what started the Gold Rush. The Gold Rush was one of the most important events to change America during the begging of the 19th century. As the news got out over thousands of prospective gold miners went to San Francisco and surrounding areas but foot or by sea. At the end of 1849 everyone but the natives population was 100,000 in the California territory. Compared to it usually being less than 1,000. they found 2 mill
