sectional crisis
what are empresarios
Businessperson or promoter
When did the civil war begin.
In April 1861
What does vigilance committees
self-appointed volunteers who would track down and punish wrongdoers.
What are the Great Plains
A vast prairie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains.
What did the Nomads do?
They followed the migration of their main source of food-the buffalo
who won the election in February 1845
Polk
What was the thirtenth amendment
Banning slavery in the United states.
What was the mining technology
"riffle" bars was a box that carried heavy materials.
what does homestead mean?
A tract of public land available for settlement.
The Sioux agreed to live on reservation in exchange for what?
Annuities
when did Mexico leaders sign the Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo.
February 2 1848
what did Lincoln approve soon after the war began.
an assault on Confederate troops.
what is Hydraulic mining
the removeal of large quantities of earth and process it for minerals.
what made it easier for landholders to harvest crops.
Mechanical reapers and steam tractors.
why did tension begin to rise in 1860s in Colorado
The miners entered the territory in search of silver and gold interupting others territories.
When was gold first found in the Sierra Nevada's in California.
January 1848.
What did the south do in order to smuggle goods past the blockades.
They used small, fast ships.
How did farmers fight back in 1880's
They fought back by suing the mining companies.
What helped the u.s. become the worlds leading exporter of wheat by the 1880s
The bountiful harvest in the Wheat Belt.
when did congress form an Indian Peace commission?
1867
who is Harriet Stowe
Became known to stand up for African Americans writing Uncle Tom's Cabin.
what was a vital element of the Unions strategy to winning the Civil War
Gaining control of the Mississippi River.
why we're huge numbers of cattle murdered during the war.
To feed all the armies.
when did the government open on of the last large territories for settlement.
April 22, 1889
why were buffalo going instinct in 1889
Hunters sought hides for markets in the East while other hunters kill for sport. If they blocked the rail traffic they were killed.