Westward Expansion Study Guide Flashcards
what was the homestead act
160 ACRES OF LAND, HAVE TO LIVE ON FOR 5 YEARS Homestead act was a metod of acquiring a piece of US public land by living on and cultivating it; public land 4 settlers
List changes/developments that helped open the settlement of the American West(acts,inventions)
Homestead Act Transcontinetial Railroad
How were native Americans impacted by the settlement of the West and the US government’s policies
BROKEN TREATIES, FORCED TO REZ’S, LOSS OF HUNTING GROUNDS OF BUFFALO lost virtually all of their land,culture and their people from moving. Expansion force them to rexs to assimilate, but failed
Describe the Battle of WOunded Knee, cause and effect
Cause: Natives continued to do the Ghost Dance Effect: 200,000 men,women,children died, forced to rezs, Trail of tears
List the reasons why most Americans wanted to move West
Religious freedom, Economic oppurtunity, abundance of natural resources
Define manifest Destiny. How did manifest destiny lead to westward expansion
DEF: EXPANSION OF COUNTRY FROM EAST TO WEST BELIEF IT WAS AMERICAN’S RIGHT TO OWN AND DEVLOP LAND, used this to justify their journey
What was the transcontinetial railroad
CONNECTED EAST-WEST, HELPED TRAVEL EASIER THAN FOOT OR WAGON. -2 railway lines were the Union and Central Pacific
Define reservations. Why were native Americans sent to live on reservations?
gov land the iNdians were forced to live on,ONE FORCED LOCATION FELT THE NATIVES WERE AN OBSTACLE TO WHITE SETTLEMENT.
Define assimilation. How were the native Americans assimilated?
ASSIMILATION- COFORMING TO “WHITE MAN CULTURE” Native americans were assimilated when forced to go to schools that suppressed their culture, language, etc.
Native Americans were affected by broken treaties and broken promises. Support this statement with an example from our unit of study
MASSACRES,LITTLE BIG HORN, WOUNDED KNEE, ANNUITITES
