Native Americans
What was it believed the ghost dance would do?
Get rid of the white man and bring back the buffalo
What were Mexican American people called?
Hispanos
What was Manifest Destiny trying to spread
Democracy and Capitalism
What attitude did the US have towards immigrants
Negative
What were Great Plains settlers called?
Sodbusters
What tribe do the leaders Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse belong to?
The Lakota
What treaty was signed between Mexico and the US, granting the US more land?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is imperialism?
Spreading an empire through through diplomacy or military force to take control over new areas and people.
What immigrant groups worked on the railroad?
Chinese and Irish
Craze for shiny minerals that caused people to move west
California Gold rush of 1848
What boarding school had the worst conditions?
The Carlisle School
What act was passed to sort out land claims?
California Land Act of 1851,
What was it called to conform to the dominant culture
Assimilate
What were Chinese immigrants tasked with handling while working the railroad?
Nitroglycerin
Silver Rush in Nevada during 1859
Comstock Lode
What battle, also known as Custer's Last Stand, started over disagreements over who owned the sacred Black Hills?
Battle of Little Bighorn
What allowed Hispanic culture to thrive in the US?
What belief was held about Native American treatment in boarding schools
Kill the Indian, Save the Man
What profession became a haven for Mexican immigrants?
Cowboying
The US had what type of economy?
Laissez Faire
What massacre was caused by the Ghost Dance and led to the death of Sitting Bull and 200-300 others?
Wounded Knee Massacre
What allowed for the success of cattle ranching in the Southwest?
(2 Part Answer)
Railroads and Open Range Grazing
What two presidents argued against Manifest Destiny
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant
What group worked in the lumber industry in WI and MI?
Norwegian
What act gave each state 30,000 acres of land for each of it’s congressional seats to create new opportunities, most used this land to build new colleges
Land Grant College Act