act
An act that improved farming conditions
Hatch Act
a movement that was made by Wavka that spread the idea that if the natives performed this spiritual dance, the ghosts of their ancestors would return.
Ghost Dance Movement
people wanted to live the romanticised life in the west they wanted to be _____ rining into the sunset.
Cowboys
This was an invention by Alexander Gram Bell to create more job opportunities and improve the form of communication.
Telephone
Bonanza Farms
An act that gives you 160 acres if you work for 5 years
Homested Act
caused by the Ghost Dance movement but ended up being a massacre
Battle of wounded knee
this stated in cali but moved to WV, CO, AZ, UT, ID
Mining industry
Invented by Henry Ford in 1896 for the accessibility of travel.
Car
This is when u are stuck selling stuff to just make enough to pay for your land
cycle of debt
land to states for colleges focusing on agriculture, engineering, and military science
Morrill Act
broke up preservations into 160-acre farms, and said natives would become citizens if they embraced American ideas
Dawes Seralty Act of 1887
gave the idea that you can make money in the West no matter what
Safety Valve Theory
connected the country from east to west for the transportation of goods
transcontinental railroad
black people who moved west to escape the South
exdusters
designed to regulate the railroad industry's monopolistic practices
Commerce Act of 1887
US vs Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. 150 people were killed, many being women and children.
Sand Creek Massacure
lower prices bc _____
surplus in people
What did all the new inventions give?
job opportunities
the 2 railroad companies that made the railroad
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
Laws that aimed to protect farmers from monopolistic practices and established the legal precedent that states could regulate businesses intended for public use.
granger laws
Because of the______ of people in the Great Plains, there were conflicts between the Natives and Settlers
Powder Quege
What was the show that influenced Going West
William Cody's Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Thomas Edison invented
the lightbulb
What was the invention that was random in the whats new section of video 6.4
x2 points!!! Coca-Cola 1889