Causes for Westward Expansion
The thought that it was our country's fate to move and expand. Often was used to justify violent actions
Manifest Destiny
A house made out of bricks of prairie turf
Soddy
The forced brutal migration of native populations east of the Mississippi to Oklahoma reservations
Trail of Tears
Vaqueros are another term for these people who herded cattle
Cowboys
Be kind, be _______, be responsible
Be Safe
160 Acres for a small fee if you promise to farm for 5 years
Homestead Act
House built by digging into a dirt hill
Dugout
Indiscriminate slaughter of Lakota Natives on Pine Ridge Reservation
Battle of Wounded Knee
African Americans employed to fight natives in conflicts that occurred in the West
Buffalo Soldiers
How many tests can you re-take?
1 p/ year
A fast expanding city due to the discovery of precious metals
Boom Town
Sharing things as a community
Communal
Name 3 options natives had when faced with US government's initiatives to expand
Assimilate, Violence, Reservations
Mass migration of African Americans from the South to Kansas territory to escape racism
Exoduster
How long do you have to make up a test you were absent for?
2 weeks
Name 3 things that we mined for:
Gold, silver, coal, copper
To take in and understand fully---adapt to another culture
Assimilate
This animal was the natives' livelihood
buffalo
A system where someone farms land for someone else in return for crops which they can use to sell or eat
Sharecropping
_______ should be out before we start class and ________ should be put away
Canvas; cellphones/headphones
These are the 2 companies that built that Transcontinental Railroad
Union and Central Pacific
Native or original
Indigenous
Broke up reservations into individual plots to try and assimilate natives into farming lifestyle
Dawes Act
Who were 2 groups that worked on the Trans. Railroad?
Irish immigrants, Mexican-Americans, Civil War Vets, African Americans
What is my Taco Bell Order?
Crunch wrap supreme