Vocabulary Terms
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and established the border between the United States and Mexico
No, not the WWE star! This famous American established the first permanent white settlement in Texas
Who was Stephen Austin?
This famous Comanche chief was of mixed heritage - his father was a Comanche leader, and his mother was his white captive
Who was Quanah Parker?
These three marginalized groups were the backbone of the creation of the railroads (give me one group)
Who were Chinese immigrants, formerly enslaved African-Americans, and Irish-Americans?
This war, fought between Texas and Mexico, established Texas's independence in 1836
What is the Texas Revolution?
A 2,000-mile east-to-west route that provided a path for westward expansion between 1840 and 1860
What is the Oregon Trail?
Pass the ketchup! This group of unfortunate wagon trailers was stranded in the snowy Sierra Nevada Mountains on their trip out west
Who were the members of the Donner Party?
The massacre at Wounded Knee ended this long-standing Native American tradition, which the tribes hoped would bring about the return of their traditions and the removal of white settlers
What was the Ghost Dance?
The invention of railroads in the United States led to the creation of this, now used around the world
What are time zones?
This uprising in 1846 established California's independence from Mexico
What was the Bear Flag Revolt?
The significant event in which gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California, prompting a large migration of settlers to the west coast
What was the gold rush?
This famous U.S. Army general thought that he would crush the Native American warriors at Little Bighorn, but instead he lost his life and the lives of all of his troops
Who was General George Armstrong Custer?
These institutions were created to assimilate Native American children into white normative American culture
What were Indian boarding schools?
These were two major reasons that farmers opposed the expansion of the railroads (you must give me one reason)
What is the farmers claimed the government sold land to businesses rather than families, and they accused the railroad industry of setting high shipping prices?
Texians want us to remember this fort, mostly because every American there died at the hands of the Mexican Army in 1836
What is the Alamo?
This act, established in 1862, gave U.S. citizens access to 160 acres of public land in the Southwest territories in exchange for living on and improving the land
What is the Homestead Act?
This American president wanted to acquire Mexican territory - and he got his wish when the U.S. won the Mexican-American war in 1848
Who was President James K. Polk?
This site of a large Cheyenne and Arapaho murder in Colorado, now a national monument, is the only American monument that includes the word "massacre" in its title
What is Sand Creek?
This town in Chicago was built specifically to house railroad workers - they were not treated well
What was Pullman, Illinois?
American settlers from the Southern states supported the war with Mexico because of this reason
What is they wanted to add more slave states to the union?
An act established in 1887 whose purpose was to break up tribal lands into individual parcels to encourage Native Americans to farm on those lands
What was the Dawes Act?
These famous lawmen and their famous outlaw friend were involved in the most famous shootout of the American West
Who were Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday?
These are the four main reasons that the United States government pushed Native Americans off their western lands (give me two reasons)
What are farming, to set down railroad tracks, to gain access to minerals, and because they wanted it?
Trains made it possible for Americans to live out west for these two reasons (give me one reason)
What is it brought crops and goods to the west?
This president of Mexico was captured during the battle of San Jacinto and forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco, which recognized Texas independence
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?