history mock revision

What years were the great die up?

1886-1887

What did the indigenous agree to in the Fort Laramie Treaty?

Each indigenous tribe would live in a specific territory

Would not attack white settlers

Allow the construction of roads and railroads through their lands

What did the whites agree to for the Fort Laramie Treaty?

Give indigenous tribes $50,000 annually

Respect indigenous territory by not letting settlers onto their land

What was a consequence of the Fort Laramie Treaty?

Loss of indigenous life/freedom

Increased white settlement on the plains (leading to red clouds war in 1868

Define manifest destiny

Idea that it was God’s will that white Americans should takeover and colonize all of America

What year was the Homestead act?

1862

What year was the pacific railroad act?

1862

What year was the Oregon trail?

1836

what was the Oregon trail

the first safe route west, that took 6-9 months to cross

What year was the gold rush?

1849

List 3 parts and uses of the buffalo for indigenous peoples

Dung- used for fuel

Bladder- used for food bags and water bottles

skull- painted and used in religious rituals

What years were the Mormon migration

1846-1847

How many Mormons migrated west?

70,000

What years were the great die up?

1886-1887

What was the great die up (give statistics)

A harsh winter in which temperatures reached -50 Celsius and an estimated 15% of cattle died. followed by the death of many cowboys

List 2 consequences of the great die up

End of beef bonanza

Open range ranchers go bankrupt

What year was the ghost dance?

1895

What was the ghost dance?

A response to the despair the indigenous felt due to their loss of land and way of life. It was thought to bring back all the dead indigenous and a great flood would carry away all the indigenous

List 2 consequences of the ghost dance

Wounded knee massacre 1895

Increased white control over the indigenous

what does Billy the kid show us about lawlessness in the west

He highlights the problem of law and order due to cattle barons using people such as billy the kid to settle disputes and demonstrates the weaknesses of the justice system