History - America (sioux) Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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Name 2/13 original states

A

massachusetts

virginia

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2
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how many poeple made up a state

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60,000

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3
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what were the biggest challenges living in or travelling accross the usa

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mountains

climate

deserts - warm

animals

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4
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By 1840 how many states were there

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27

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5
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what does immergration mean

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moving from one country to another generally to stay there

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6
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what does migration mean

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moving backwards and forwards from the same country often

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7
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why do you thin men went West

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hunt down and get skin;/meat

money

undercover tracks

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8
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reasons why people left New York

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Bank riots

poverty

violence

troop marching

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9
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what problems did people have when moving west

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wagons falling apart

diseases

weather

NA attacks

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10
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whats polygamy

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having more than one wife

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11
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why were the mormons successful moving west

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nobody was living there

they had horses and resources

guns for protection

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12
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who was Brigham young

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Born in 1801 and died in 1877 he showed over 20,000 people to move west

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13
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when was the gold rush

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1849

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14
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name 3 things the buffalo was used for

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poo - fuel

flesh - meat

tongue - hairbrush

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15
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name 3 weapons the sioux used

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tomahawk

coup stick

lance

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16
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whats the diagram of the sioux government

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lakota ( the people ). ——— sioux nation

                                                               tribes.       ——————- chief + council 

                                                              bands          ——————-- chief + warrior society
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17
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When was the Timber Culture act

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1873

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18
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when was the desert land act

19
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whats manifest destiny

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god would spread christianity, freedom and democracy

20
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what year were the first slaves to come from an African continent to america

21
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whats sectionalism

A

loyalty to your region - not country

22
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what were the differences between the North and South

A

north
- didn’t like slavery
- didnt need slaves
economically controlled

south
-liked slavery
-profits
- split from union

23
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when was the missouri compromise

24
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i who is Abraham Lincoln

A

a leader of the republican party

against slavery

1860 - elected for president

died in 1865 (after civil war ended )

25
who’s jefferson davis
member of the democratic party argued against succession elected president in 1861 died in 1889
26
what were the 6 causes of american civil war
1. abolitionists 2. slavery 3.westward expansions 4. sectionalism 5. the 1860 election 6.secession in the south
27
how long did the civil war last for
4 years 1861- 1865
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what happened in sand creek
US declared they would fight against the sioux and this went against the treaty
29
What were black codes
slaves could .. marry have there own property have legal contracts
30
when was the civil right Act 14th admentment made
1866-1868
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when was the 15th amendment made
1869-1870
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what were literacy tests or ‘ Jim core laws’
sales had to take tests to show if they could read or write but because they never got an education most failed
33
give 3 examples why reconstruction was a failure in the south
racism black codes ku kux klan
34
give facts of why reconstruction was a success
all southerners join the USA by 1870 literacy tests ended in 1872 600,000 black children were being educated by 1877
35
what were homesteaders
someone who goes to live and grow crops on land given by the government,
36
when was the homesteaders act
1962
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pull factors for homesteaders
free land available no persecution land gave opportunities
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push factors for homesteaders
poverty religious persecution (mormons) racism
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how did the homesteaders adapt to the great plains in 1862+
water shortages extreme weather lack of fuel lack of building materials crops natural hazards
40
how many buffalo was in 1800
60 million
41
what does hostile mean
dangerous
42
what was the problem in the battle of little bighorn in 1876 
They couldn’t communicate accross the wide mountain range
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when was they battle of little bighorn
june 25th 1876
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who was general custer
a general in the US cavalry and successful in 1861 civil war however not in the batt;e of little bighorn