Odds n' Ends
Manifest Destiny was reached through these three actions:
purchase, treaty, and war
In 1820, this treaty allowed for the expansion of the United States, and was considered a compromise between slave states and freeholders...
The Missouri Compromise!
Gold!
The controversial practice that led Mormons to flee the developed Eastern states for the 'Wild West'...
Polygamy.
The '49ers!
This Mill was the location of the first sighting of gold in California....
"Sutter's Mill"
Missouri & Maine.
This large bovine provided food for both Indians and settlers....
The Bison or Buffalo!
This Mormon elder led the 'Mormon Pioneers' on their journey to freedom... (Hint: name of university)
Approximately how many people traversed over the Oregon Trail before the arrival of the transcontinental railroad?
The Donner Party, trapped in the Sierra Mountains during the winter, resorted to THIS to survive...
Cannibalism (yum!)
While the "Mason-Dixon" line divided the free states from the slave states east of the Mississippi, this parallel was chosen as the dividing line between the territories that would permit slavery and those that would not...
The 36th parallel!
Most common occupation of pioneer was not gold prospector, but humble...
Farmer!
In 1847, the Mormons reached Utah, and in celebration declared...
"This is the place!"
To ensure that railroad tracks were clear of buffalo carcasses.
This 1851 treaty with the Indians ensured safe passage for settlers moving West. In exchange, the Indians were rewarded with land rights that were frequently broken....
1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
THIS Kentucky politician brokered the compromise that allowed for the expansion of the Union in 1820... and helped delay the Civil War for a decade in 1850...
Henry Clay!
Most common cause of death on the trails was...
A method of farming that focused on producing crops that require little water...
This disease, which was caused bison pregnancies to end, may have contributed to decline in bison populations....
Brucellosis.
A consequence of the Compromise of 1850, this act forced Northern States to return escaped slaves...
The Fugitive Slave Act...
The number of acres that several acts, such as the Preemption Act of 1841, the Donation Land Act of 1850, and eventually the Homestead Act(s) of 1862 permitted settlers to claim...
160 Acres.
Utah finally admitted to the Union in 1896, because they agreed to:
Criminalize polygamy.
The census declared that 'the frontier' ceased to exist in this year...
1890!