A Growing Nation
What year did the Louisiana Purchase occur?
1803
Name one of the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Faster Transportation, More raw materials shipped to the East, or More Manufactured goods shipped to the West.
These treaties created BLANK, which are areas of land set aside for Native Americans.
Reservations
Nickname of the farmers who had a hard time breaking up the sod.
Sodbusters
Trail that ran from Missouri to New Mexico and was an important trade route for merchants.
Santa Fe Trail
Why was the Louisiana Purchase important for the growth of the United States?
Doubled the amount of land the U.S. owned.
Name two of the ethnic groups that worked on the Railroad, both the Union and Central Pacific.
Chinese, Irish groups.
Name one of the tribes that were located in the Great Plains and had several conflicts with settlers.
Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone, Apache, etc.
New method of farming that shifted the focus away from water-dependent crops such as corn.
Dry-Farming
This person led the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
George Armstrong Custer
Name the three most popular trails during the 1800s
Mormon, Oregon, Santa Fe.
What city did the Transcontinental Railroad start in?
Omaha
Main goal of the U.S. government when they sent Native American children to boarding schools.
Railroads, Telephones, and Telegraphs
This act gave government owned land to small farmers in return they had to live on the land and cultivate it for 5 years.
Homestead Act
These men were known for being fur traders and trappers in the Rocky Mountains.
Mountain Men
What was an effect of the new mining towns in the West?
Population Increased as people were hoping to get rich.
What was the name of the leader of the Lakota Sioux who protested U.S. demands for the land.
(It was the documentary we watched in class)
Sitting Bull
What was the solution to the Free Silver Debate?
Unlimited coining of silver and to back paper currency with silver coins.
Formed in 1867, this was a social and educational organization for farmers. But also helped the government to take control of the railroad rates.
National Grange
This man is a famous explorer, surveyor of the Appalachian Mountains and long bow hunter.
Daniel Boone
Why did Americans move West in the years following the Civil War?
To settle land, get rich from gold and silver, East was becoming overpopulated.
Last Major incident between the U.S. Army and Native Americans on the Great Plains.
Wounded Knee Massacre.
Germans, Exodusters, Russians, and Scandinavians.
Who were the Exodusters?
Mass Migration of African America from the South.