Chapter 19 Flashcards
(24 cards)
What are subsidies?
Money granted by the Government or by states on things that they want built
What would the Transcontinental Railroad do?
It would connect the east to the west
What railroad group worked eastward from Sacramento?
Central Pacific railroad company
What railroad group worked westward from Omaha?
Union Pacific railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad relied on workers that moved from what country?
China
The Union Pacific Railroad relied on workers that moved from what country?
Ireland
What occurred on May 10, 1869?
Signaling the completion of the transcontinental railroad
What was significant about the final spike in the Transcontinental Railroad?
That it was golden
What did the American Railway Association do to our country in 1883?
They created time zones
What were open ranges?
Where cattle roamed freely
What were long drives?
When you road on long distances
What were three challenges that faced the American Cowboy?
Weather and people stealing their cattle or cattle roaming away
What was passed by Congress in 1862 to encourage people to move to the Great Plains?
Homestead act of 1862
How much land is an acre?
A football field
What invention by John Deere allowed farmers to break through the tough Midwestern sod?
The steal plow
What was used to keep livestock in a contained area and to mark territory?
Barb wire fencing
What Sioux chief didn’t want to sell the Black Hills area of the Dakotas to the US Gov’t?
Sitting bull
Who had his last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Custard
What was Chief Joseph’s famous quote about Native American attitudes at this time?
When the sun sits i will stop fighting and hope for peace
Who was the last Native American to surrender in the Apache Wars?
Geronimo
What two things did the Dawes Act do?
Made it were Indians were going to be treated like white people
What three ways were Native American students taught to assimilate in boarding schools?
To learn the English language,and American-European names,and to act like Americans
What caused the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Were a bunch of Indians were gathered up to morn and the U.S. Government were scared of an attack so they sent in troops to take all weapons but a gun went off
What battle caused the end of armed conflict between the US and Indians?
Wounded knee massacre
