Moving West
In 1862 and 1865, the United States government passed the __________, which allowed railroads large tracts of land to sell to build a better railroad system.
Pacific Railway Acts
How long did the family have to agree to live on the land to be eligible for the Homestead Act?
a minimum of five years
What did the settlers bring with them that further reduced the size of the Native American population?
disease
In what year were the Native Americans finally allowed to become US citizens?
1924
James Garfield was assassinated after only ________ days in office.
200
The California Gold Rush began in ___________.
1848
By 1890, how many homesteaders had migrated to the Great Plains?
5 million
What tribe was involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Lakota
The treaties signed by the Native Americans and the US government set up ________ for the tribes to live on, but the land was often not suitable for living or farming.
reservations
California was added to the Union in ________.
1850
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met in 1869 in Promontory Point, __________.
Utah
What was the age requirement for the head of the family?
21
The ______________ gave land back to American Indian families, but it was not very helpful.
Dawes Act
Sitting Bull was a political leader of which tribe?
Sioux
The Homestead Act gave how many acres to the head of the family?
160
A large deposit of gold and silver was found in 1859 in ______________.
Nevada
Because there were so few trees, what did many settlers on the Great Plains use to build their homes?
dirt or sod
The ____________ lived in the Pacific Northwest.
Nez Perce
The _____________ lived in Arizona.
Apache
Which animal of the plains did the Native Americans depend upon for their basic needs?
Buffalo
The _______________ Railroad started construction in Sacramento, California.
Central Pacific
The Homestead Act was signed into law by _____________ in 1862.
Abraham Lincoln
The Indian Reorganization Act of _______ gave American Indian reservations self-government, which allowed them to set their own laws.
1934
In one or two sentences, explain what is meant by "assimilation of the American Indian."
They wanted to indoctrinate the American lifestyle in hopes of creating peace. They instituted that with schools and by discouraging native dressing.
Describe what the Morrill Land-Grant Act did.
The federal government gave land to the States to sell for $0.50 an acre. The money from the sale was used to fund State Colleges.