Unit 3 West Quiz Flashcards
(38 cards)
The Great American Desert
The Great Plains between the 100th Meridian and the Rocky Mountains. Rainfall decreases as one moved West. Many in the early 1800’s thought this land was uninhabitable
The Great Plains 1850
Traders and Pioneers prove that the Great Plains are good for farming and cattle ranching. Settlers move west
What was the main killer of Native Americans in 1850
Diseases which took the population down to 360,000 i
Bureau of Indian Affairs (War Department)
Carried out Federal Government’s Indian Policies
Reservations
Forced resettlements of Native Americans on sharply defined tracks of government land
Indians left Reservations because
too small for hunting way of life, land was poor for farming, too restrictive, government agents were corrupt
Sand Creek Massacre
Colonel John Chivington and 700 Army Troops kill 200 unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children in Colorado Territory
What area did the Sioux tribe go to
Black Hills
Battle of Little Big Horn
Custer attacked the Sioux and Cheyenne camp under chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Custer is killed and over 264 of his men.
Nez Perce War
After gold is discovered the Nez Perce tries to move to Canada under Chief Joseph. They had 200 warriors ad 600 women/children. They avoided Gen. Oliver O. Howard for 2 months and 1,300 miles, They were forced to surrender a couple miles from the Canadian border
Geronimo
The Apaches and Comanches surrender in 1886
Wounded Knee
Elements of the 7th US Cavalry massacre 90 men and 200 women and children from the Sioux Tribe. All organized resistance is over
By 1890 native americans had surrendered ______ acres of land
450 million
Helen Hunt Jackson
Condemned the government for years of broken promises and corrupt dealings with the Native American tribes. Wrote the book “A century of Dishonor”
Sarah Winnemucca
She lectured non indian audiences and helped awaken the nation to the unfair and corrupt treatment suffered by Native Americans
Assimilation
Native Americans are “Americanized” and sent to boarding schools, get their hair cut, forced to farm, speak only english, and give up their religion
Dawes Act
Divided up the reservations and gave each family 160 acres of land. Left over was sold. Native Americans lose even more land
1890
Less than 250,000 Native Americans are left
1870-1900
Most West is Settled
Homestead Act
160 Acres of land to anyone who wishes to settle a farm
Pacific Railway Act
Railroads received money and land grants from the government
Settlers built ____ houses
Sodhouses
Joseph Gilden
Created Barbed Wire
Daniel Halladay
Developed the self regulating windmill to draw water from deep underground
