Vocab 1
Nomadic
People that are constantly on the move
Town that spring up around places of economic activity
Boom Town
Shoshone native woman who navigated for Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
Zebulon Pike
Explored Southern portion of Louisiana Purchase
John Quincy Adams
Won presidency through "corrupt bargain" and failed to achieve anything due to the scandal
Which of the following countries did the US NOT gain land from during the 1800s?
A. Britain
B. Germany
C. Mexico
B. Germany
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
The Mexican-American War began due to border disputes with Mexico and a desire for California.
True
Land sold to America to fund the Napoleonic Wars.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Vigilantes
Citizens who take the law into their own hands
Adding land to your country
Annex
Paiute native leader who invented the Ghost Dance
Wovoka
Lewis and Clark
Explored Northern Section of the Louisiana Purchase
Martin Van Buren
Continued Jackson's policies which led to the Panic of 1837
Reservation
Government land specifically for Native Americans to inhabit
The right to vote
Suffrage
Act that provided land to railroad companies
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Shawnee native leader who was defeated by US forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe
Tecumseh
Anthony Wayne
Defeated the Miami Indians in Indiana
John Tyler
Established Tyler precedent after death of Harrison and annexed Texas
A. Louisiana Purchase
B. Adams-Onis Treaty
C. Oregon Treaty
A. Louisiana Purchase
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
Westward expansion caused the following:
1. Decreased bison population
2. Conflict with natives
3. Creation of reservations
True
This allowed the easy movement of goods, especially with its connection the the Transcontinental Railroads.
What is the Mississippi River?
Cede
To give land to another country
Someone who traveled out west for free government land
Homesteader
Path that lead to the deaths of many Cherokee natives following the Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Nez Perce native leader who said "I will fight no more forever."
Chief Joseph
Napoleon
Emperor of France
Zachary Taylor
Subsidy
Money or land given by the government to motivate people to do something
The deliberate killing/eradication of a specific group of people
Genocide
The belief that the US was fated to expand their country.
Manifest Destiny
Lakota native leader who defeated US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
George Armstrong Custer
Leader of US military forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Andrew Jackson
Passed the IRA, caused the Trails of Tears, and abolished the National Bank
Millard Fillmore
How did the taming of Spanish horses affect the Plains Indians?
A. They became like the Spanish
B. They ran of out of resources feeding them
C. They could hunt more easily
C. They could hunt more easily
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
The Ghost Dance was used by the Plains Indians to celebrate the coming of summer and the hunt.
False, the Sun Dance was used by the Plains Indians to celebrate the coming of summer and the hunt.
OR
The Ghost Dance was believed to resurrect dead native warriors to resist the US military
The companies that created the Transcontinental Railroads.
What were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad Companies?
Spoils System
System used by Andrew Jackson where he gave his supported government positions
African-Americans who fled the South to go out West
Exodusters
Act that granted free land if you:
1. Worked the land
2. Lived there for 5 years
3. Built a residence on the property
Homestead Act of 1862
Apache leader who was the last major native leader to surrender to US military forces
Geronimo
Colonel John Chivington
Betrayed a native peace agreement and committed the Sand Creek Massacre
William Henry Harrison
Gained reputation for defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe and died 30 years into his presidency
Franklin Pierce
Experienced early tragedy with the death of his son and was responsible for the Gadsden Purchase and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What 2 reasons led Americans to believe it was their destiny to take more and more land?
1. God had given them the duty to spread Christianity
2. They were civilized and superior to the people around them
Populism
A political movement that favors the opinions of the average people over the upper class or political leaders
Leaving behind cultural beliefs to blend in to another culture
Assimilate
Act that gave individual native families ownership over land which lead to the destruction of their communal lifestyles
Dawes Act
James K. Polk
Gained territory through the Oregon Treaty and the Mexican-American War
What was NOT a cause of violence in the Wild West?
A. Lack of laws
B. Abundance of political job openings
C. Many opportunities to make money
B. Abundance of political job openings
TRUE OR FALSE (If False, correct the statement)
Flooding led to the end of free-range cattle raising in the West.
False, droughts led to the end of free-range cattle raising in the West.
This local school helped educate and assimilate Native Americans into traditional European-American culture.
What was the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
What are 3 ways that westward expansion affected the Native Americans?
1. Creation of Indian Schools
2. Indian Wars
3. Indian Removal Act
4. Bison population decreased
5. Reservations created
6. Trail of Tears