Westward Expansion
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED THIS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
WHAT IS WESTWARD EXPANSION
THIS GAVE FREE LAND TO FAMILIES WHO MOVED TO THE WESTWARD REGIONS
WHAT IS THE HOMESTEAD ACT
THE FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE WHO MOVED WEST.
WHO ARE EXODUSTERS
This Native American was killed in a clash while U.S. army attempted to arrest him.
Who is Sitting Bull
a place that provides or stores food and supplies
What is commissary
SETTLERS HEADED HERE DURING THE WESTWARD EXPANSION
WHAT IS THE GREAT PLAINS
SETTLERS NEEDED A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO TRAVEL AND SHIP GOODS MORE EASILY
WHAT IS THE RAILROAD LAND GRANT
BLACK PEOPLE MOVED TO THIS STATE DUE TO THE RUMOR OF FREE TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT IS KANSAS
buffalo and deer were the main support of the Sioux. Food, tents and bedding were the direct outcome of hunting. And with furs and pelts as articles of barter or exchange, it was easy for the Sioux to procure whatever constituted for them the necessities, the comforts, or even the luxuries of life. Within eight years from the agreement of 1876 the buffalo had gone, and the Sioux had left to them alkali land and Government rations.”
- letter from the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior
Based on this primary sources, what major change impacted the Sioux between 1860 and 1876?
A) The loss of buffalo greatly affected the Sioux’s way of life.
B) The number of buffalo increased where the Sioux lived.
What is The loss of buffalo greatly affected the Sioux’s way of life.
the upper layer of the soil that has grass growing on it
What is Sod
THESE (3) FACTORS MADE PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE WEST.
WHAT IS... THE AMERICAN DREAM OF OWNING LAND, THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD FUELED PEOPLE'S HOPES OF GAINING RICHES, THE ROMANTICIZED COWBOY WHO REPRESENTED FREEDOM AND ADVENTURE (ANSWERS MAY VARY)
THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO ENSURE U.S. CITIZENS HAD ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
WHAT IS THE MORRILL LAND GRANT
Most Exodusters migrated from these three souther states.
What is Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi
The claim that "Treaties made to protect Native American people and their land were frequently broken." relates to these two groups of people.
The U.S and Native Americans
a new provision or rule that is added onto existing legislation
What is a rider
THESE PEOPLE MOVED WEST TO BECOME FINANCIALLY SECURE, BECOME MISSIONARIES AND TEACHERS, AND TO RECEIVE FREE LAND FROM THE HOMESTEAD ACT.
WHO ARE SINGLE MEN AND SINGLE WOMEN
SETTLERS USED THIS TO OVERCOME THE LACK OF TREES TO BUILD FENCES FOR LIVESTOCK
WHAT IS BARBED WIRE
The Exodusters were promised this when they moved to Kansas, but did not receive it.
What is transportation
Native American people had to farm individual plots of land instead of sharing the land and ”Unassigned” land on reservations went to White settlers instead of Native American people due to this Act.
What is The Dawes Act
to abolish or break; to treat as nonexistent
What is abrogate
TOUGH, DRY SOIL,TREELESS GRASSLANDS, LIMITED WATER RESOURCES
WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
The battle of Little Bighorn was started because gold was found in the Black Hills, which were given to the Sioux and the Arapaho as a result...
White settlers rushed in
THIS HELPED WITH EDUCATION AND TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT HOUSING TO HELP FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE.
THE FREEDMAN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Native American people from different tribes gathered together for this dance which they believed would restore their land and make white people disappear.
What is the Ghost Dance
Forever
What is in perpetuity