Vocab
The belief that it was America's God-given right to expand West to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
1862 act that promised 160 acres of free land to anyone who agreed to farm it for 5 years
Homestead Act
Nez Perce chief who led the Flight of the Nez Perce
Chief Joseph
Migration of tens of thousands of people to California after the discovery of gold in 1849
California Gold Rush
Deserted mining towns that were once boomtowns
Ghost Towns
Railroad stretching across America from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Transcontinental Railroad
1862 act that provided subsidies to railroad companies in order to build the transcontinental railroad
Pacific Railway Act
US president responsible for the forced relocation of Native Americans and the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
Mass migration of 20,000 African-Americans from the South following the end of Reconstruction
Black Exodus
Racist laws enforcing the segregation of blacks and whites after the Civil War
Jim Crow laws
Mining towns that sprung up quickly around gold mines during the California Gold Rush
Boomtown
1882 act that banned Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
The term used for people who participated in the Black Exodus
Exodusters
1889 journey of a Native American tribe who attempted to flee forced relocation by the US military
Flight of the Nez Perce
An area of land set aside by the US government where Native Americans were forced to live
Reservation
Term for anti-immigrant sentiment
Nativism
1887 law that forced Native Americans onto reservations
Dawes Act
The 2 black leaders who led the Black Exodus
Henry Adams and Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
Battle during which several thousand Sioux and Cheyenne Native Americans defeated the U.S. Army
Battle of Little Big Horn
The political party that was anti-slavery and pro-industry who greatly encouraged Westward Settlement
Republican Party
Money or land the government granted to railroad companies to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad
Subsidies
Act that repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed new residents to vote on slavery with popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Chief of the Lakota Sioux tribe known for their violent resistance to the US military
Sitting Bull
Event where over 100 unarmed Native Americans including women and children were massacred by the US Army
Wounded Knee Massacre
Name one of the 2 major railroad companies who helped construct the transcontinental railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Company and Central Pacific Railroad Company