Modes of Transportation
__________ was the mode of transportation used for pioneers moving west on the Oregon Trail.
Wagons or Prairie Schooners
This group of people snuck over the lines before the land rush officially began.
Sooners
Florida
From the Spanish Cession after the U.S. won the Spanish-American War
This caused the population of Colorado to increase.
The Colorado gold rush
This act was created to make people move out west.
The Homestead Act
The ____________ was a relay system that helped move mail quickly from the west coast to Missouri.
Pony Express
This group of people were named after the act that was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 which gave land to people for free.
Homesteaders
California
The Mexican Cession from the Mexican-American War
_________ is the name of a town that was abandoned or left empty after all the gold was gone.
Ghost Town
This act was passed in 1862 so a national railroad could be built.
Pacific Railroad Act
_________ was the primary way Native Americans moved to "Indian Territory" in what is now Oklahoma.
walking
This group of people found themselves becoming Americans in 1848 when their country lost the war.
Mexicans
Texas
Gained independence from Mexico through the Texas Revolution and then asked to become part of the US
This historical event happened in 1800 and destroyed Denver's Chinatown.
The Denver Riot of 1800
This act was passed in 1830 and caused a forced migration.
Indian Removal Act
The Lewis & Clark Expedition of the land in the Louisiana Purchase mainly followed the ___________.
Mississippi River
This group of soldiers were named after a sacred and respected animal of the plains by Native Americans.
Buffalo Soldiers
New York
Part of the original 13 colonies that revolted against Britain
Colorado had ____ many Indian boarding schools. The purpose of these schools was to ____________.
4, assimilate Native American children into White culture (make them forget their heritage)
Plessy v. Ferguson
This mode of transportation replaced the Pony Express after 1 year.
Transcontinental Railroad
Name a tribe of people who were forced to migrate using the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee, Cree, Seminole, Choctaw
Colorado
Part from the Louisiana Purchase which was bought from France and Part from the Mexican Cession from the Mexican-American War
The event where the army attacked 130 Native American homes and cut off the scalps and other body parts of the victims.
The Sand Creek Massacre
This act made it so people from a specific country in Asia could not immigrate to the US.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882