Gold Rush
Where did the Gold Rush take place?
California
White settlement of the west started in earnest once what war was completed?
The Civil War
Term for one group taking on the characteristics of another
Assimilation
Name of law that prohibited Chinese immigration to the US in 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act
Name for settlements that saw a huge increase in population as a result of mining
Boomtowns
When did the Gold Rush take place?
1848-1850 (high point in 1849)
What was the name of the law that gave settlers 160 acres of land in return for "improving it"?
The Homestead Act
Name of the most famous Indian Boarding School
Carlisle School
Tax meant to discourage mining by Chinese people and other immigrants in CA
Foreign Miners Tax
Name of massacre that took place in 1864 in Colorado against Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans
Sand Creek Massacre
What happened to Natives in California as a result of the Gold Rush?
Largely wiped out
What was the name of large, highly profitable wheat farms in the west?
Bonanza Farms
Name of the law that carved up tribal lands, and helped start the first Indian Boarding Schools
Dawes Act
After the Gold Rush, Chinese immigrants became commonly associated with this industry
Laundries
Name of American colonel who led his forces to defeat against the Sioux/Lakota in 1876
George Custer
CA became a state
What was the name of the term that referred to white Americans being chosen by God to settle and civilize the west?
Manifest Destiny
Event that created the reservation system
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Name of Indian American who the court deemed not white enough for citizenship
Bhaghat Singh Thind
Event that marked the end of organized Native resistance in the west
Wounded Knee
What was the name of the law that basically allowed for the enslavement of Native Americans in California?
The Apprentice Law
Name of those covered wagons you see in pictures of western settlement
Conestoga Wagons
When did the Massacre of Wounded Knee occur?
1890
Which labor union in California was against Chinese immigration?
Knights of Labor
William Swain's favorite food
Peaches