Industrial Revolution
When did the Industrial Revolution start and end?
From about 1760 to 1840
Which President started the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What was the wagon people traveled the trail in called?
A prairie schooner
When and where was gold first found in California?
Sutter's mill on January 24, 1848
How were Native Americans treated at the time of the Gold Rush?
They could be forced into slavery for standing on the street and had bounties over their heads.
Who invented the steam engine?
Thomas Newcomen
List the five tribes targeted in the Indian Removal Act
Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole
What was the main cause of death on the Oregon Trail?
Diseases, mainly cholera and typhoid
Who were the groups of people traveling to California?
Eastern Americans, Europeans, South Americans, Australians, Chinese peasants, and Mexican farmers
What methods did people use to mine for gold?
Panning, ground sluicing, cradling, puddling, and digging shafts
What were the girls that worked in the factories called?
Mill girls, or more famously, "Lowell" girls
Who was the only tribe to successfully resist relocation?
The Seminole
How long was the Oregon Trail? Where did it start and end?
It started in Independence MO, was 2170 miles long, and ended in Oregon City, OR
The act that examined the rights of Californios (Hispanic-decened Americans) and settled disputes if white settlers were making claims on their land, which the white settlers usually won and forced the Californios out of their land.
The California Land Act of 1851
What problems did forty-niners face?
They often became alcoholics and gambled away all of their gold in the boomtowns
How long was an average work day for a Lowell girl?
12 to 14 hours a day and half a day on Saturdays
How long was the Trail of Tears?
5043 miles
How many people traveled the trail?
300,000 to 500,000 people
Who were three people that got rich from the California Gold Rush without actually finding gold?
Sam Brannan, Levi Strauss, and Luzena Wilson
Was the California Gold Rush the first American gold Rush?
No, that title belongs to the North Carolina Gold Rush
Name three inventions made in the Industrial Revolution
Power loom, cotton gin, spinning Jenny, telegraph photograph, telephone, dynamite, concrete, factory system, typewriter, steam engine (steamboats), railway systems (railroads and trains), electric lighting, gas lighting, and a lot more things!
How many Cherokee died as a result of the Trail of Tears? (A total of both on and after the trail)
4000 to 6000 Cherokee
Why did people travel the trail?
Economic problems upsetting farmers and businessmen, free land in Oregon, Mormons, seeking refuge from religious persecution, and the possibility of finding gold in California
Why were Chinese immigrants persecuted?
Because they were foreign miners and got a lot of gold (but only because they worked harder)
When did California actually become a state?
September 9, 1850