Vocab
People
Wild West
Ammedments
Trail of Tears
100
reservation
designated place for indians to reside
100
Andrew Johnson took over for which president
Lincoln
100
People began to domesticate this type of animal on ranches in the west
cattle
100
How did poll taxes prevent African Americans from voting?
They made African Americans pay a tax they could not afford in order to vote.
100
Why were buffalo so important to Native people?
Clothing, food, shelter, bones for tools
200
homesteader
settler who acquires free land from the government
200
Which Native American leader was given his name because he was fearless in battle. He also was known for standing up against settlers.
Sitting Bull
200
What industry caused the boom of railroads
mining
200
Which amendment ended slavery?
13th amendment
200
How did treaties with the Natives effect their lifestyles?
They were forced to sign treaties and move off their land
300
Vigilante
a person who takes the law into their own hands
300
Who was president during the trail of tears?
Andrew Jackson
300
What are 3 problems the settlers faced while going west
disease, indians, no food, weather
300
Which amendment granted Civil Rights to everyone?
14th Amendment
300
What is a Ghost Dance?
A practice in which the Natives perform a ritual in order to communicate with their ancestors.
400
subsidy
grants of land or money
400
This president created the bull moose party, and was president during the early 1900's
Theodore Roosevelt
400
What specific resources made people want to move west
gold, farmland,
400
Which amendment allowed all people the right to vote?
15th Amendment
400
How did the Laramie Treaty effect the Natives?
They were promised protected land, gold was discovered in Colorado and their land was taken away again
500
carpetbagger
someone who goes to a destination to take its resources, and then returns to where they came from
500
This bureau fought for African American Rights by trying to educate them
Freedmen's bureau
500
Which direction was the Transcontinental Railroad built?
West to East, and East to West, they met in the middle
500
What is the grandfather clause?
If your grandfather or father was able to vote, you do not need to take a literacy test in order to vote
500
What is the Dawes Act, and How did it effect the Natives
it hoped to improve Native conditions by giving the Natives a place to live; they were educated and "Americanized", many of their needs could not be met so they needed to rely on the government
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