Technology
Dry farming and beef cattle raising are best described as...
Adaptations that made life on the Great Plains easier
In the late 1840s what name was given to the view that supported the growth of the American nation from coast to coast?
Manifest Destiny
What is the name of the Act that is best described as- The migration of people created new population centers.
Homestead Act
Because of new inventions, people no longer saw the Great Plains as a treeless wasteland, but as-
a new area to be settled.
True or False (What would you change)
Migration of settlers slowed during the decade after the Civil War due to federal policies
False. slowed to increased
Which technological advancement most helped settlers adapt to the dry climate of the Great Plains during westward expansion?
Windmill
Many former enslaved African Americans moved west because of a desire for—
New beginning
Rising nativism and desire to protect American jobs led to the _____________________ of 1882.
Chinese Exclusion Act
How did the Transcontinental Railroad transform life across America?
It provided an economic link between eastern and western states.
Migration intensified as settlers, driven by federal policies, moved onto lands traditionally occupied by-
Native Americans
Why would a settler on the Great Plains have used barbed wire?
Settlers needed something to mark territory lines with other settlers.
People mainly moved west during the California Gold Rush in 1849 because-
they had hopes of getting rich.
"Home Rule" refers to-
The South regaining control over its own affairs, leading to a decline in civil rights
The Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) was significant because it guaranteed land to which Native American tribes after gold was discovered in the Black Hills?
Lakota & Cheyenne
The discovery of gold in the Black Hills led to the __________________________.
Battle of Little Bighorn
How did the steel plow help farmers of the Great Plains?
It had sharp blades to cut through the dry, tough soil.
Name 3 motivations for people to move to the west
What is a key feature of the Northwest Ordinance?
a ban on slavery
The _____________ ____________ forced Native Americans to become farmers and resulted in loss of land for them as well.
When the Ghost Dance scared U.S troops it led to the massacre of nearly 300 Lakota men, women and children at ______________________________.
Wounded Knee
WHO WAS-
Lakota spiritual leader who led his people across the Plains to avoid capture by U.S. soldiers, but eventually surrendered and was forced onto a reservation
Sitting Bull
WHO WAS-
Nez Perce leader who, after his surrender, was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Kansas and then onto a reservation in Oklahoma
Chief Joseph
WHO WAS-
Fierce and brave Apache who fled to Mexico and staged raids against incoming white settlers
Geronimo
In Montana, _______________________ led his US troops into slaughter by not listening to advice and being outnumbered and overwhelmed by Lakota Indians.
George Armstrong Custer
Which group did westward expansion affect most negatively?
Native Americans