Week 14 - 1
People who are among the first to do something.
A pioneer
Oral histories
Thousands of pioneers made the journey west. As they traveled, what became the greatest danger?
Lack of clean water, food, and medicine to help prevent diseases.
Nebraska became the ______ state on ________.
37th, March 1st, 1867
What was the Great Depression?
When the stock market crashed in 1929, banks and businesses lost a lot of money and people lost their jobs.
The earliest known time when Indigenous people lived on Nebraska's land was____.
8000 B.C.E.
What is the job of a historian?
Historians are those that analyze change throughout history.
What was the name of the chief in charge of the Ponca Tribe?
Chief Standing Bear?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was in the year ____. What was it about?
1854 - It involved the arguments about slavery.
What did the Tuskagee Airmen become the first to do in the military?
They became the first group of African American pilots in the military.
The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed families to own 160 acres of land, as long as they were able to follow what three rules?
1. Move to the area
2. Live there for 5 years
3. Pay a low price for the land
Archaeologists are scientists who...
Excavate and study items/fossils left behind throughout history
The first President to live in the White House was______.
John Adams
In history, sometimes the government has done what towards tribes?
To not buy goods from a business or use their service is called a....
boycott
Original documents created by first-hand witnesses in an event.
Primary Source
Artifacts are...
Man-made objects that help us learn about past civilizations and how they developed over time.
What Did Chief Standing Bear do for his tribe during the Ponca Trail of Tears?
He fought for the rights of his people and won.
In 1848, a new rush of people traveled to California because gold was discovered. This was known as the Gold Rush. Where in California was gold first found, and what did men and women do in order to get more gold?
Sutter's Mill
Men became miners and women stayed home to take care of families, businesses, and farms.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus for a white passenger, and she was arrested. MLK Jr. organized a boycott in response. The boycott lasted 381 days. The court ordered that segregation on buses was illegal.
Documents about an event created by someone who studied primary sources for their information.
Secondary Source
During WW1, what did Nebraskans do to help support the U.S.?
Nebraskan farmers produced more food to feed the country and troops overseas; over 57,000 Nebraskans went to Europe to fight in the war.
Explain the Ponca Trail of Tears
The government forced the Ponca tribe to leave Nebraska and move to Oklahoma. The journey started in 877 and lasted 54 days. Weather was bad and many Poncas became sick and died along the way.
What AND When was/is the Louisiana Purchase and how did it help the U.S.?
In 1803 France sold land to the U.S. which doubled the land in size. The United States had more land to discover and helped people travel west.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
When the court ordered schools across the U.S. to integrate. It started when a student was denied going to a neighborhood school because of the color of their skin.