Lesson 1A
What is a civil war?
A war between people from the same country
What is a territory?
A region that was governed by the United States
What is a reservation?
Land set aside by the U.S. government for American Indians
What is a boomtown?
A town that sprang up quickly around a mine
What is rustling?
Stealing cattle
What were the Southern states called during the Civil War?
The Confederacy
What was the Northern States called during the Civil War?
The Union
Why were Indians moved to reservations?
The government thought this would stop them from bothering settlers
What is ore?
A rock with valuable minerals
What are homesteaders?
Families that built a home on a large piece of land
What is an allegiance?
A Commitment
What does Secede mean?
To withdraw
Life was hard on reservations because there was not enough food or medicine.
What is a prospector?
A person who looks for minerals
What is a brand?
A mark that was burned into cattle
Who was the Union's president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the Confederacy's president during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Who was Geronimo?
An Indian warrior from an Apache Tribe
Why was farming important?
It supplied food
What four things did farmers grow?
Wheat, corn, fruit and vegetables
What two things caused the Civil War to begin?
Americans did not share the same beliefs about the amount of power states should have and they didn't agree about slavery
In 1854, what territory was present day Arizona a part of?
The New Mexico Territory
When the Navajo surrendered and walked almost 400 miles to a place called Fort Sumner
What three industries were important in the Arizona Territory?
Mining, farming and ranching
Why did the demand for copper increase?
The telegraph, telephone, and electric light depended on large amounts of copper to make wires