People
Who was the Frenchman who sold us the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon
What state was Fort Clatsop in?
Oregon
How much was the Louisiana Purchase?
15,000,000
3 ways of mining:
Tracer, Pan, Hydraulic
What was Lewis and Clark's group called when they went out to explore?
Corps of Discovery
Who was known as the "culture broker" of the US? What tribe were they?
Sacagawea, Shoshone
What state was the Hudson River School in?
New York
How many acres were given with men's homesteads?
160 Acres
3 Gold Rushes (In Order)
Dahlonega
Sutters Mill
Black Hills
What did Sitting Bull see the night before the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Blue Grasshoppers Falling from the Sky
Who drew the painting, "The Oxbow"?
Thomas Cole
Where did the two Transcontinental Railrods meet?
Promontory Point, Utah
How much Prarie Grass is left today?
2%
Transcendentalist Writers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
What is the term we use in art for the power of nature?
Sublime
Who was the newspaper editor that encouraged young men to go west?
Horrace Greely
South Carolina
How many Biodiversity Hotspots are left?
36
Biodiversity Hotspots must have:
1500 Endemic Species
70% habitat loss
What did Red Cloud do that was so significant?
Signed Fort Laramie Treaty
Who was the person who ripped out George Custer's brothers heart and ate it?
Rain in the Face
Where did the Native Americans live out west? What town and state?
Black Hills, South Dakota
To have a biodiversity hotspot you must have:
_____ endemic species
_____ habitat loss
1,500
70%
Polk's Manifest Destiny:
What was the name of the general who tried to take over the Sioux?
General George Armstrong Custer