Chapter 10

Vocab

100

The act of supplying dry land with water by artificial means

Irrigation

200

a policy of imperialist expansion said to be inevitable

Manifest Destiny

300

a person who operates a farm

Sodbuster

400

One of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

Pioneer

500

A portable, cone-shaped tent used by some Native Americans

Tepee

What

100

This was the idea that many settlers believed during the movement to the west. 

Manifest Destiny

200

Hawaii and this other state were annexed to the United States at the end of the 20th century

Alaska

300

Random Teacher Question: This teacher once had a podcast that topped the Italian charts in a very specific genre

Mr. Lindsey

400

Random Vocab:Take territory as if by conquest

Annex

500

This railroad was constructed to span the entire country

Transcontinental Railroad

Will

100

The 51 Mile Isthmus of this place use to connect North and South America until they built a Canal for trade routes

Panama

200

This was the act that President Lincoln signed to encourage settlers to move to the west

Homestead Act

300

The Monroe Doctrine warned European countries not to interfere with nations in the West. Who was the president that made the policy

James Monroe

400

As people fought intense droughts they used this to tap into underground supplies of water

irrigation

500

This Union Pacific Railroad Company built a railroad this direction from Omaha, Nebraska

West

You

100

Reservations was the name of the land in which these peoples were forcibly relocated to

Native Americans

200

Random Vocab: a distinct time in a period of events

Stage

300

Settlers began hunting this animal which was essential for providing food and clothing for the American Indians

Buffalo

400

the battle of Little Big Horn was an important victory for the Sioux American Indians and their Chief. Who was their Chief

Sitting Bull

500

In 1830, Congress passed which act that led to the removal of American Indians from their ancestral lands?

Indian Removal Act

Teach me

100

Which teacher can say their ABC Backwards?

Mrs. Mosteller 

200

This teacher and their mother share the same Birthday.

Mrs. Fowler

300

This teacher was born in Europe 

Mrs. Maclean

400

This teacher cheered for Lexington High School

Mrs. Carter

500

This teacher's favorite city is Charleston SC

Mrs. Rutland