Railroads, Miners, Ranchers
What attracted people to California in 1849?
Gold
What did the homesteaders have to do to own 160 acres of land?
They needed to build a house within 6 months of receiving the land and live there for at least 5 years.
What three resources were needed to make teepees?
Wood poles, bark, and animal skins
What are the three things that the U.S. exported large amounts of?
Minerals, grains, and manufactured goods
How many Americans died in the Spanish-American war?
over 2,000 soldiers
Materials shipper more quickly.
What's one difference between the community you live in now and homesteading?
Lots of answers:
Some examples- neighbors are close by, houses generally safe from weather, while back then they had to build their homes, and there was not much protection from the weather.
Why did the government try to take most of the Nez Perce's reservation land away from them?
Gold was found on the reservation.
How much shorter (in miles) did the canal make the trip from New York to San Francisco?
8,000 miles
The Rough Riders were led by Theodore Roosevelt, what country did they fight their way through?
Cuba
What was one reason why the transcontinental railroad was important?
What was the homestead act?
Law passed in which the U.S. federal government promised settlers 160 acres of land in the West for $18 as long as they built within 6months and lived there for at least 5 years.
How was life different for Native Americans living on the reservation different from their old ways?
They can't follow buffalo anymore and they had to raise crops even thought their land wasn't suitable for farming. They also felt that they were trying to be made to be more like white people, so some of their culture and traditions were lost.
Battle of Manila Bay
Why did the government encourage people to move west?
Cities were overcrowded and the west had resources that could be benefited from.
How did settlers adapt to dry prairie land?
Russians brought winter wheat and used that. They also built sod brick houses because there was no wood.
Why did Native Americans fight U.S. soldiers?
They took their land and made them live on reservations.
Who did the U.S. buy Alaska from?
Russia
Why did congress declare war on Spain?
Newspapers said that Spain sunk the United States's ship.
What were the 6 states that the transcontinental railroad went through? Put them in alphabetical order.
California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
How did the Homestead Act affect immigrants?
Immigrants came to farm and they also brought their cultures and languages.
How were Native Americans affected by the growth of the nation in the last half of the nineteenth century?
Railroads and settlers have been built/traveled on their land.
After Panama separated from Columbia, what was there a treaty created for?
Panama Canal Zone
What three territories did the U.S. gain as a result of the war?
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philipines