Vocabulary
land set aside for Native Americans during the years of Expansion; the land was usually poor for farming
reservation
This act, passed in 1862, offered 160 acres of free land to settlers if they could improve the land for 5 years.
Homestead Act
A formal agreement between two parties usually involving the government or countries
treaty
Which two countries did the US begin to trade with in 1854 and 1900?
Japan and China
What was the name of the US ship that exploded in Havana Harbor that kicked off calls to fight Spain?
USS Maine
to blend in to another culture; this usually involves the changing of clothing, language, customs, names and beliefs
assimilation
Ranching, or the working with cattle, caused many men to head West to the open spaces of Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. The cattle herders were known as __________.
cowboys
Which individual was not a Native American chief?
Geronimo, Custer, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph
Custer
The United States annexed this archipelago in 1898 after removing the Queen from her throne and installing Americans to govern the area.
Hawaii
What is the type of writing that exaggerates facts or can even make up information?
Yellow Journalism
a principle of action or laws adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual
policy
The completion of the ______________ linked railroad lines of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific in May of 1869 and made rail travel possible across the United States.
transcontinental railroad
Schools set up to teach the Native American children the ways and customs of the settlers essentially killed off the Indian identity. These schools, Carlisle Indian Industrial School in PA in particular, caused forced _________________.
assimilation
The US led a revolution in this country to be able to build a waterway that connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Panama
Which of the following did not directly involved Native Americans?
Wounded Knee Homestead Act
Battle of Little Bighorn Carlisle School
Homestead Act
the belief that God wanted settlers to expand westward and civilize the North American continent
Manifest Destiny
The creation of the transcontinental railroad and the settlement of the West was largely responsible for the near extinction of the _________________.
buffalo population
The two leading causes for the decline of the Native American populations were:
war and disease
As a result of victory in this war, the US established itself as a world power at the turn of the century and gained the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Spanish-American War
What two areas of the world was the Spanish-American War fought?
Caribbean (Cuba) and the Pacific (Philippines)
meaning "of the home"; activities/events within one's country
domestic
Many men hurried out West to California to find fortune in which two precious metals?
Gold and Silver
True or False: The population of the Native American decreased dramatically during the 1800s, while the land areas in native hands remained relatively stable.
False
What land was bought from Russia in 1867 and increased the size of the US by about 20%?
Alaska
Who does Uncle Sam represent?
The government and/or people of the United States