Westward Expansion
What is the concept that drove westward expansion in the 1800s?
Manifest Destiny
This Lakota leader, along with Sitting Bull, led Native American forces to a major victory against General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Crazy Horse
This railroad company began building the First Transcontinental Railroad in Sacramento, California, and finished its portion in Utah.
Central Pacific
This forced relocation in the 1830s moved the Cherokee and other tribes from their homelands in the Southeast to lands west of the Mississippi River, causing thousands of deaths along the way.
Trail of Tears
This is the treaty that ended the Mexican American War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
This Act led to the forced displacement of many Native American tribes to west of the Mississippi River.
What was the main goal of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
Cultural Genocide or Forced Assimilation of Native Populations.
This railroad company began building the First Transcontinental Railroad in Omaha, Nebraska, and finished its portion in Utah.
Union Pacific
This president signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which led to the forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears.
Andrew Jackson
he annexation of this territory by the United States in 1845 angered Mexico and helped spark the Mexican-American War.
Texas
Passed in 1862, this law gave 160 acres of free land to settlers willing to farm it for at least five years, encouraging westward migration.
Homestead Act 1862
Which famous Military leader was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
General Custer
What were some key geological features that hindered the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Sierra Nevadas, Rocky Mountains, Great Salt Lake Desert, Great Basin Desert, Great Plains
What Government Act led to the creation of Maine as a free state?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Who was the president of the United States during the Mexican American War?
James K. Polk
What was the main goal behind the Dawes Act 1887?
To keep the Native tribes from unifying and to encourage assimilation into U.S. culture.
What conflict did the black hills gold rush lead to?
Great Sioux War of 1876–1877
What labor force was used to build the Transcontinental RR?
Chinese and Irish Immigrants
Who was hailed as the Great Compromiser during this time period?
Henry Clay
What percentage of land did Mexico have to give to the United States in the aftermath of the war?
Around 55% of its land
What was the largest land purchase in US history?
Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
What were the two main consequences for the Dakota War of 1862?
Execution or Internment Camps at Fort Snelling.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
This law was the first in U.S. history to ban a specific ethnic group (Chinese Immigrants) from immigrating to the United States.
Name one Abolitionist and their contribution to the movement.
Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown.
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican citizens in newly acquired territories were promised this, but many lost it due to loopholes and legal challenges after U.S. ratification.
Land/Property Rights