Vocabulary
What is Manifest
easily understood or obvious
Who did Manifest Destiny Benefit?
Americans
How many years did the Homestead Act require participants to live on the land ?
5 years
Why did people in the community of Denver, Colorado, vow revenge on Native Americans?
because of rumors saying that nearby Native Americans murdered a mining family.
What act allowed Native American People to be able to vote.
Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's
the adoption of the ways of another culture
Assimilation
West
What does the acronym HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
What year did this "revenge" occur?
1864
Who invaded the Black Hills?
Miners and prospectors
could be sent to a region to enforce.
Regiment
Who created a Wild Wild west show, which exaggerated Americans about their frontier
William Cody or "Buffalo Bill"
What as the Morrill-Land Grant
established colleges focused on agriculture, science, and engineering
________ is the cite for Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
Miners and prospectors invaded the Black Hills in search of what?
looking for Gold
Use Amnesty in a proper sentence
Correct!!
Morrill Land Land-Grant of ______________
1862 and 1890
Who was the leader of the Sioux tribe and famously led the victory towards the Americans
Crazy Horse
Second Treaty of Fort Laramie guaranteed what?
the Sioux a reservation in south Dakota's Black Hills
What was the "Ghost Dance"
a dance, that if performed, would bring back ancestors, who were happy and young again.
How many acres did the Homestead Act promise ?
It promised 160 acres
Name 3 HBCU
CORRECT!
1851 Indian Appropriations Act
The "Reservation System"
What did U.S. leaders who made treaties with Native Americans not understand about the groups they made treaties with?
Native Americans groups did not have one central government like great Britain or France so treaties made with one group did not apply to others. Nor did Americans understand the independent nature of Native Americans.