West
Who lived in the west?
Native Americans and White Settlers
People favored the interests of native-born Americans over those of immigrants, pushed for laws restricting immigration
Nativists
Enjoying both superior numbers and a strong tactical advantage, the Native Americans defeated the 7th Cavalry and killed Custer.
Battle of Little Big Horn
List 3 negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution
Child labor, long hours, no regulations, dangerous working environments, etc.
Push Factor
reasons people want to leave a place
160 acres to any citizen that would cultivate the land for 5 years
Homestead Act of 1862
Name one way people retained their identity once they immigrated to the U.S.
Still practicing their culture; living near others like them.
Was U.S. treatment of Native American Reservations good or bad?
Bad
large companies that controlled an industry, giving them the ability to control the prices
Monopoly
Pull Factor
reasons people want to go to a place
Divided reservations into 160 acre plots given to heads of households, after 25 years would receive title and citizenship.
Dawes Act
Stopped all Chinese immigration for 10 years, made it so Chinese people couldn’t become citizens.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Last major clash between U.S. troops & American Indians, went to collect Indian Weapons in fear of a revolt due to ghost dance.
Battle of Wounded Knee
Production, during the industrial revolution, goes from ____ to ____.
home, factory
Daily Double: the destruction of this caused a devastating blow to tribal life on the plains
Buffalo
DAILY DOUBLE: Many African American families fled to the West and established homesteads after failure of reconstruction in the south. They are known as what?
Exodusters
allowed space in the machinery spaces of the ship; had to go through Ellis Island Immigration Station
Steerage Passenger
This was built in an effort to connect the East and West coast, used for moving goods during the Industrial Revolution
Transcontinental Railroad
Laissez-Faire Economics
little government interference
the act of bringing into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust
Assimilation
Name the 3 Frontiers of the West
Mining, cattle, farming.
“Ellis Island of the West Coast,” developed to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act
Angel Island
During this movement, people began to fight for their rights as workers.
The Labor Movement
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
A Native American changing the way they dress from traditional Native American clothing to "normal" American clothing is an example of what?
Assimilation