Westward
What act let people claim 160 acres over 21 & had to farm for 5 to claim the land ?
Homestead Act
List the 4 races that were settled in the West
Native Americans, Blacks, Whites, and Chinese
Mechanical reaper, Steel plow, Barbed wire were used for what ?
Farming
What 2 treaties did the US create for N.A. to sign
Sitting Bull & Fort Laramie
Name the 2 types of homes built during this time ?
Sod & Dugout homes
Who passed the Homestead Act ?
Lincoln
Which racial group did the Ghost Dance to bring back original way and kill the white man ?
Native Americans
Farms that operated like factories w/ machinery
The US tried to ____ N.A. to forget their ways & become white people
assimilate
Name the 3 jobs given during this era
Mining, farming, and Cattle
T or F: The Union Pacific traveled eastward
F. The Central Pacific traveled east & Union traveled west
Where were the Whites Immigration station ?
In NYC Ellis Island
Mix of Spanish and English cattle
Texas Longhorn
How many unarmed Indians were slaughtered during the Battle of the Wounded Knee ?
300
T or F: Sod homes were built on the side of the hill
F. Sod homes were built from anything to build a home (dirt, grass, mud,etc.)
What is the point where both Pacific RR's met ?
Promontory Point, Utah
Who experienced Black Codes, KKK, and Jim Crow Laws ?
Blacks
Young men that drove cattle on cattle trails to RR's
Cowboys
Which act assimilated Native Americans ?
Dawes Act 1887
Homes built on the side of a hill
Dugouts
What's the name of the 2 Pacific RR's ?
Union and Central Pacific RR
Who worked on the RR and payed 1/3 of European workers & did the most dangerous jobs
Chinese
How many cattle were there a year on the trail
600,000
What happened to Colonel Custer & his men ?
They were slaughtered
T or F: Klondike in Alaska mined $500 million worth of gold/silver
False