Negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia at a low price
Who is William H. Seaward
100
the Cheyenne's chief went to neogotiate a treaty; the Colorado militia (while supposedly intoxicated) massacred a village of women and children
What is Sand Creek Massacre
100
160 acres of federal land were given to any applicant who occupied and improved the land
What is the Homestead Act
100
decreased numbers of this allowed more people to cattle ranch in the West
Buffalo
100
the first national park ever created
What is Yellowstone National Park
200
created a thesis stating that the frontier has been closed and an era in America has ended
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner
200
Americans were afraid of the spread of the Ghost Dance Movement, the U.S. Army pursued Lakotas who left the reservation and killed 150-300 of them
What is Wounded Knee
200
the government was allowed to split up the natives’ reservation lands and sell them to individual natives, transitioned from hunting to farming; the general making of Indian schools and assimilation of natives
What is the Dawes Severalty Act
200
cowboys were hired to herd cattle hundreds of miles north (in the West) to the new rail lines
What is the Long Drive
200
many of these people were African-Americans or Latinos, and the owners of the cattle they worked with were white
What are cowboys
300
him and the Sioux did not go to reservations which led to the Battle at Little Bighorn
Who is Sitting Bull
300
gold was discovered and whites drove natives out of their lands and a war ensued, and ended with General Custer and his men’s death
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn
300
guaranteed rights of U.S. missionaries in China and set terms for the emigration of Chinese laborers.
What is Burlingame Treaty
300
when Congress decided to stop the minting of silver dollars and switched to solely gold, which led to the limiting of the nation’s money supply
What is the Panic of 1873
300
the belief that through sacred dances they could revive the bison across the West and drive back the Americans settled, back across the Atlantic
What is the Ghost Dance Movement
400
a Union veteran who predicted the catastrophe (Dust Bowl) but his idea for irrigation like the Mormons in the West was rejected by Congress (but was implemented later)
Who is John Wesley Powell
400
Sioux warriors ambushed Captain William Fetterman and 80 soldiers from a Wyoming fort
What is Fetterman Massacre
400
140 million acres were set aside that states could sell to raise money for public universities
What is the Morrill Act
400
discovery of silver there led to the boom town of Virginia City
What is the Comstock Lode
400
the belief that the fact that the expansion of settlement was bringing more rainfall to arid regions (1878-1886), not expecting the Dust Bowl in later years
What is the belief of “rain follows the plow”
500
wrote the book "A Century of Dishonor" which depicted the injustices Native Americans faced
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson
500
Chief Joseph led his people on a 1,700-mile retreat to Canada; were later forced to surrender
What is Nez Percé War
500
made recommendations to stem the decline of in wild fish and merged with other wildlife preservation bureaus (created from the influence of the creation of a national park)
What is the U.S. Fisheries Commission
500
made to protect the assets of natives but was corrupt
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs
500
ended with the decision that Congress could make any Native policies it wanted