Manifest Destiny
What direction was Manifest Destiny
West
What was the full name of the railroad?
The Transcontinental Railroad,
Native Americans/ Indians
Where did many Natives flee to?
Canada
Who were Americans called by to go
God
Who were the primary workers along the railroad?
Chinese and Irish
What was the result of the Native Americans refusing to sell their land in order to let the Americans continue their expansion West.
The Indian Wars
True or False The Dawes Act was INTENDED to help the Natives
What was used to help capture what the west had to offer for those who lived in the Midwest
Paintings
Where did the railroad strech from?
Omaha to California
-cut hair
-stop speaking language
-learn to be farmers
-stop wearing native clothing
This was performed to curse the white man
The Ghost Dance
Name three pull factors to the West
-Gold
-Pacific Ocean (coast to coast access)
-More spread out
-New and beautiful land/weather
Name the two main reasons many of the railroad workers died
-weather/avalanches
-lack of food and resources
This was the final confrontation between Americans and Indians
Battle of Wounded Knee
This was the term used to force Native Americans to become more American
Assimilate
What was the bill that gave settlers land in exchange for living in the land for five years.
Homestead Act
What were the three railroads
1. Central Pacific
2. Union Pacific
3. Northern Pacific
Americans were left with these two options regarding Native Americans
Exterminate or Assimilate
Who refused to sell land to the United States
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse