EOC 1,2,3 quiz study Flashcards
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First president to push for Manifest Destiny.
James K. Polk
President from Tennessee (1844)
James K. Polk
Shifted the public attention from expansion to slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
Painted Daniel Boone as a modern day Moses.
George Caleb Bingham
German immigrant; painted mural in the Capitol Building, “Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way”.
Emanuel Luetze
21 yrs or head of household
Qualifications in Homestead Act
$18.00 to purchase
Qualifications in Homestead Act
160 acres of land
Qualifications in Homestead Act
Invented the Steel Plow
John Deere
Invented the Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Invented Barbed Wire
Joseph Glidden
Cattle Ranching/ Ranching
1 Main Occupation of 1800s
Policy makers hoped that American Indians would become farmers and _______ into national life by adapting.
Assimulate
Some new settlers were formal slaves called _______; Followed exodus out of bondage.
Exodusters
Connected the East to the West; Stimulated the growth of towns and cities
Transcontinental Railroad
By the late 1860s, these individuals were forced to live on _____, public lands set aside where Native Americans had to live by the rules of the federal government.
Indians, Reservations
Replaced the reservation system, the homestead act for Native Americans..
Dawes Act
Where Native Americans live by the rules of white people
Boarding Schools
2 reasons people migrated from Rural areas to Urban
Urban areas offered better wages and more jobs &
Cities offered a more exciting lifestyle
2 regions of urbanization
Eastern Seaboard &
Manufactoring Belt
What is urbanization?
The growth of cities when people moved form rural to urban areas.
Banking & Financial hubs
Large metropolitan areas
Manufactured 1 product
Small specialized areas
The largest suspension bridge in the world..
Brooklyn Bridge