Westward Expansion 1
Who was responsible for the creation of steel?
Who is Henry Bessemer
On May 10th, 1869, at ______________________, the “Golden Spike’ was driven into the ground uniting both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads
What is Promontory Point Utah
1830: Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act
Were discriminated against due to fear this group was taking all the jobs
Who are the Chinese Americans
People began to travel west in wagon trains. Over the next twenty years, around 300,000 people would take the trail.
What is the Oregon Trail
Under whose presidency was the Indian Removal Act passed?
Who is Andrew Jackson
The belief that it was America’s mission to expand from ocean to ocean, spreading democracy and freedom
What is Manifest Destiny
Also known as Custers' Last Stand
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn
The loss of this animal led to Native American's loss of culture
What is the buffalo
The three Gs
What are God, Glory and Gold
1848: James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill. Soon, word was out, and people rushed to California to strike it rich.
What is the Gold Rush
2,170 Mile route that was only way West by land
what is the Oregon Trail
Religious Dance that the Native Americans believed would deliver them from the evil they had endured
What is the Ghost Dance
Excluded the Chinese from entering the U.S.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
The US govt. recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people.
What is the Fort Laramie Treaty
1862: The United States government agreed to help fund a railroad from California to Missouri.
What is the Pacific Railroad Act
1862: The U.S. government offered free land to farmers who agreed to live on the land for five years and make improvements. Many people rush to places like Oklahoma to claim their land.
What is the Homestead Act
Ended with over 300 Native Americans dead after an accidental discharge of a firearm
What is Massacre at Wounded Knee
Manifest Destiny (God given right to expand west)
Gold Discovered in California
Homestead Act of 1862
Transcontinental Railroad
The American Dream
What are Factors That Contributed to the Settlement of the West
barb wire, overgrazing of cattle, bad weather led to what
What is the end of the open range
The purchase of this territory doubled the size of the United States
What is Louisiana
African Americans who left the south and moved to the north in search of better opportunities, jobs, freedom and citizenship.
What is (who are) Exodusters
The series of events that led to war between the Native Americans and White Americans
What are the Indian Wars
Millions of acres were given away free in the West to anyone that would claim land and live on it for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act
One of the greatest engineering feats in US history, connecting the 2 coasts
What is the Transcontinental Railroad