Key Terms
What term is the belief that it was America’s destiny to expand across all of North America
Manifest Destiny
What term gave the state the power of whether it should be a free or slave state
Popular Sovereignty
What was the Dawes Act?
A law passed in 1887, in which tribal lands were broken up into small parcels and to be distributed to Indian Families to startup farms, with the remainder auctioned off to white purchasers.
What motivated farmers to migrate west largely?
Homestead Act
What was the name of the law that gave 160 acres of land to any seller who would farm on it for five years?
Homestead Act
Who were the group of segregated black soldiers that protected settlers, build infastructure, and maintain order on the fronter?
Buffalo Soldiers
Who was the leader of the Nez Perce People?
Chief Joseph
Where did the improved technology used by farmers and miners come from?
Second Industrial Revolution
What was the phase of rapid economic/technological advancement and development from the late 19th century to the early 20th century?
Second Industrial Revolution
Major factor that led to the Exodus of 1879
Jim Crow Laws
What caused the Wounded Knee Massacre?
The government's fear of the Ghost Dance Movement leading to a potential uprising.
Why did some farmers not appreciate the Homestead Act?
What term describes the movement of Americans to settle in the western territory?
Westward Expansion
Major factor that led to the Exodus of 1879 (Part 2)
Compromise of 1877
What was violated in the 2nd Treaty of Fort Laramie?
The US government's illegal seizure of the Black Hills after gold was discovered there. (Black Hills Gold Rush)
What were the two leading factors that made mining so dangerous?
Cave-Ins and Disease
What was the nickname for the people who moved to California and search of gold in 1849?
Forty-Niners
What is the Exodus of 1879?
Mass migration of blacks to the west (specifically Kansas) in hope of servering racial tensions and establishing a better standard of life.
What is the new name for the Office of Indian Affairs today?
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Battle of Little Bighorn