Lesson 2 Flashcards
(12 cards)
160 acres of free land offered to settlers who agreed to live on the property for at least 5 years
Homestead Act
a railroad system that connects one side of a continent to another, typically crossing a vast distance and linking different ocean or continental borders.
Transcontinental Railroad
Before European settlement, it was the home of large herds of grazing animals, particularly bison (buffalo) and pronghorn antelope. Various Native American tribes also lived and hunted in the area. Later, European settlers, including those from the United States and Canada, migrated to the plains, leading to significant shifts in land use and population.
Great Plains
exodus or migration of 20,000 or more freedmen from the South, the promise lands of Kansas to settle farms
Exodusters
social and education societies for farmers designed to alleviate struggle
Grange
the practice of herding large numbers of cattle from the open range in Texas to railroad terminals in the north, typically Kansas, during the 1860s and 1870s. This was a key method of transporting cattle to eastern markets for beef sales. These drives often covered hundreds of miles and took several weeks or months.
Long Drives
AKA Custer’s Last Stand; discovery of gold in Black Hills of S.Dakota prompted the gov’t to push Sioux tribes off of tribal lands
Battle of Little Bighorn
1887 law that started the breakup of reservations into plots of farmable lands. Intention was to encourage tribesmen to assimilate through independent farming
Dawes Severalty Act
US gov’t confronted the Sioux Ghost dancers someone accidentally fired and it led to Americans killing over 200 Sioux tribesmen
Wounded Knee Massacre
circus/show depiction of wild west and native americans
“Buffalo Bill’s Wild West”
Fredrick Jackson Turner; argued the _____ played a vital role in shaping the American character and institutions, and created a spirit of rugged individualism and innovation
Frontier Thesis
California Gold Rush 1849, Gold in Colorado 1859
Mining Booms
