Vocabulary
These are things that force individuals to leave there homes.
What was the importance of the transcontitnental railroad?
1. It helped transport goods out west
2. It helped transportation out west
Describe three push factors for westward expansion.
Population, lack of opportunity, lack of land, the Civil War, Jim Crow
What was the main food source of American Indians and what did the US do to it?
1. Buffalo
2. Hunted them to near extinction.
What type of shoes were originally invented for men but are now largely worn by women?
These are things that attract individuals to a certain place/location.
Pull Factors
Which two immigrant groups were largely responsible for constructing the Transcontinental Railroad?
Irish and Chinese Immigrants.
Describe three pull factors.
Cheap land, opportunity, the ability to restart ones life, resources
What were the areas of land that settlers forced American Indians to live on?
Reservations
What company used to go by the name of Brads Drink?
1. Coca-cola
2.Pepsi-Cola
3. Dr. Pepper
Pepsi
The belief that westward expansion was inevitable and a God-given right.
Manifest Destiny
During this battle, over 100 Sioux men, women, and children were killed by US troops over a misunderstanding.
Bonus points: What was the misunderstanding?
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
This act gave settlers up to 160 acres of land out west.
The Homestead Act
Bonus points if you can name all of the requirements.
Name three ways to American settlers sought to assimilate American Indians?
Boarding schools, hair and dress, religion, farming
What sport has been played on the moon?
1. Soccer
2. Golf
3. Football
4. Tennis
Golf
The act of making something or someone similar to something else.
Assimilation
What invention led to the end of the Cattle Ranching business?
Barbed Wire.
This act provided land grants to develop further transportation out west.
The Pacific-Railway Act
During this battle George Armstrong Custer, and his men, were all killed by a much larger force of Native Americans.
The Battle of Little Bighorn
What is the name of the crossbred animal between a donkey and a zebra?
Zonkey
This was performed by American Indians with the intend of raising their ancestors to fight against Americans expanding westward.
The Ghost Dance
What were three aspects of Cowboy Life?
1. Diverse
2. Popular with single young men
3. Hard Job
4. Low Pay
This Act provided land grants to build Colleges out west.
The Morril-Land Grant
What law was passed by the US government that sought to relocate American Indian families onto their own small farms with the goal of speeding up assimilation?
The Dawes Act
In which Midwest State is it illegal to hunt unicorn?
(N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio)
Michigan