Vocabulary
This is the railroad that connected the East and West
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental railroad helped increase population, and these 2 things for the US
What is economy and transportation
These are the two animals Native Americans relied on the most
What is Horses & Buffalo
This is the title, author, and year of this document
Source E: James K. Polk, speech that announced the discovery of gold in
California, “Fourth Annual Message” (excerpts), December 5, 1848
What is Polk Speech, James K Polk, 1848
This new technology made traveling both faster and allowed for the expansion of the US into the West
What is the transcontinental railroad
This was a major incident that occurred in South Dakota that resulted in 150-300 dead tribesman (mostly women and children) and roughly 25 US army men
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre
This occupation in the West was used as a get rich quick job but resulted in unsafe working conditions and the creation of temporary towns
What is mining/miner
As the US continued to expand Westward, the land occupied by Native Americans began to shrink till the point that the US government forced Natives into these spots of land
What are reservations
These are some occasions between 1820-1860
What is Gold Rush, Immigration, Transcontinental Railroad, Pre Civil War, Louisiana Purchase, Expanding West, Manifest Destiny, etc.
This new technology helped make fencing animals cheaper and was used to keep both people and wild animals out
what is barbed wire
This is a Native American ritual which is meant to help bring back their old way of life
What is the Ghost Dance
One major occupation people went West for was being a cowboy. In these jobs they were expected to handle this group of animals which would later be sold for this type food in the East
What is cattle & beef
This was a 300 mile march the US forced Navajo tribesman to walk after surrendering to US forces
What is the Long Walk
This is the purpose and evidence of this source (image will be shown on Google Slides)
What is the purpose is the difference in cost and time between dirt road and canal.
Evidence is 15-45 days for dirt road and 9 days for canal. 100 dollars a ton for dirt road and 6 dollars a ton for canal
This new technology was an electronic machine that transmits messages across long distances using wires and electric pulses.
What is the telegraph
This was a battle that had the Native American leaders Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the US army led by Custer by surrounding them
What is the Battle of the Little Bighorn
These type of ranchers helped train Cowboys who took on a lot of their techniques for themselves
What are vaqueros
This is the leader of the Lakota Sioux who refused to give up his tribes land to the US resulting in major fights to be broken out between the tribe and the US
Who is Sitting Bull
These are some occasions you could write down when doing SQ#3 if you ran into a document with No Year
What is Wounded Knee Massacre, reservations, Westward Expansion, Battle of Little Big Horn, Transcontinental Railroad, etc..
This new technology was a tool used in agriculture designed to cut, lift, and turn over dense soil without dirt covering the surface
What is the steal plow
This is a large vein of silver found in Nevada
What is the Comstock Lode
While settling West most of the settlers came from the Eastern US however there was still large numbers of immigrants who came from these regions
What is Asia, Europe, Central & South America, China, Ireland, Mexico,
The US promised the peaceful Nez Perce that they could keep their land in Oregon. However some angry Nez Perce rebels killed local settlers resulting in the Nez Perce to be moved to this state instead
What is Oklahoma
This is the occasions that occurred around the time of this photo in Google Slides
What is
Westward Expansion, Dawes General Allotment Act, Settlers exploring/moving west for cattle kingdom, reservations
This new technology was used as a mower
What is the mechanical reaper