Cultures Clash on the Prairie
This Massacre resulted in 150 Native Americans being killed (mostly women and children) at Sand Creek
Massacre at Sand Creek
two competing rail line companies that met in Promontory, Utah to form the transcontinental railroad
Union and Central Pacific
this means the movement of the people
Populism
this process was used to make steel production more efficient and produce 90% of the nations steel
Bessemer steel process
the railroads opened the opportunity for people in these 3 ways:
Dreams of available land
Adventure
Fresh start
Massacre where Crazy Horse ambushed Captain William J. Fetterman-over 80 soldiers killed
Fetterman Massacre
Created in 1862;offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen age 21 or over
Homestead Act of 1862
the government would give gold or silver in exchange for paper currency or checks
Bimetallism
industrial boom occurred because of: (3 reasons)
wealth of natural resources
government support for business
growing urban population that provided cheap labor and market new products
The U.S. contains these 4 time zones:
Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
Thos treaty forced Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River
Treaty of Laramie
African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas
Exodusters
backing dollars with gold
Gold Standard
3 inventions created during the industrial boom-
typewriter
telephone
skyscraper
electricity
bessemer process
Farmers were upset with the railroads because:
1. misuse of government land grants
2. railroads entered into formal agreements to fix prices-helped keep farmers in their debts
3. Charged different customers different rates (demanded more for short hauls than long hauls if there was no competition)
War where Gen. Philip Sheridan gave the orders to “destroy their villages and ponies, to kill and hang all warriors, and to bring back all women and children.”
Red River War
This act gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges.
Morrill Act
The Populist Party ended because this candidate lost the 1896 Presidential election
William Jennings Bryan
this person perfected the light bulb and invented an entire system of for distributing electrical power
Thomas Alva Edison
this act reestablished right of the federal govt to supervise railroad activities and established the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission)
Interstate Commerce Act
A plan in which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture.
Assimilation
Created by railroad companies and investors. They were enormous single crop spreads of 15,000 to 50,000 acres.
Bonanza Farms
this happened when farmers were overwhelmed with debts and loans, railroad companies went bankrupt, and the gold supply was low
Panic of 1893
this person made removing oil beneath Earth’s surface more practical using a steam engine to drill for oil
Edwin L. Drake
this construction company was formed by the Union Pacific Company stock holders which gave the company 2-3 times the actual cost needed to lay track; the rest of the money was pocketed
Credit Mobilier