unit 4 quiz 1

How did the Louisiana Purchase impact growth of the United States and in what year did it occur?

1803

It roughly doubled the size of the country.

Why did people use the Mormon Trail?

Religious freedom

Why did people take the Oregon Trail?

Fertile Land

Why did people take the Santa Fe Trail?

Trading

Cattle Kingdom and its importance

It provided an important food supply for a growing population in the East.

Transcontinental railroad and its importance

Connected the East and the West

faster transportation between regions

more raw materials shipped to the East

more manufactured goods shipped to the West

Role of the Chinese and the Irish on the building of the transcontinental railroad.

During the building of the two parts of the transcontinental railroad, two ethnic groups made up the majority of workers: the CHINESE, who worked on the Central Pacific, were paid less, and performed the most dangerous tasks; and the IRISH, who worked on the Union Pacific crossing the Great Plains.

Long Walk

 brutal 300-mile march the Navajo were forced to walk across the desert to a reservation in Bosque Redondo, New Mexico. Along the way, countless Navajo died.

Battle of the Little Bighorn

Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops.

Wounded Knee Massacre

considered the last major incident between the U.S. Army and Native Americans on the Great Plains?

How did the US government treat Native American children in the late 1800s?

They attempted to Americanize them by sending them to boarding schools and having them give up traditional customs

Homestead Act

 law that helped promote western settlement following the Civil War?

Groups who settled on the Great Plains during the late 1800s

Germans

Exodusters

Russians

Scandinavians

The goal of National Grange

 federal regulation of railroad rates

The goal of Free Silver movement

backing paper currency with silver

Populist Party

 government ownership of telegraphs, telephones, and railroads

Presidio

 a fort housing soldiers who defended priests

Mission

a religious settlement housing a small number of priests

Pueblo

a town housing Spanish citizens

When and why did Texans declare independence

1836 -  Santa Anna attempted to enforce Mexican authority over Texas and its residents.

Gonzales, San Jacinto

Texan Victory

The Alamo, Goliad

Mexican Victory

Manifest Destiny and related actions.

acquiring sole ownership of the Oregon Country south of 49°N latitude gaining Mexican territory following the Mexican-American War

Texas Annexation

1st event in chronological order, Texas wanting the state to be controlled by the U.S. Lonely

Oregon County

2nd event in chronological order

Mexican Cession

3rd event in chronological order, A war that ended in mexico being forced to give much of their land to America.

Gadsden Purchase

4th event in chronological order, U.S. purchase of land from mexico that included the southern parts of president day new mexico and arizona.

Know the contributions of the following groups of people:

Mexican Amercians (Post Mexican-American War)- teaching mining and ranching techniques

Role of women- during the California gold rush - They made money doing laundry and cooking meals for miners.

Chinese - came to California between 1849-1853 - Most hoped to make money in the gold mines and then return to China eventually. 

 Effects of the California gold rush:

1. California became a state in 1850.

2. The population increased greatly

3. The transcontinental railroad was built.

4. Farming and ranching became important industries.

Dawes General Allotment Act

Legislation passed by congress that split up Indian Reservation lands among individual indians and promised them citizenships.

Interstate Commerce Act

This act made national regulations about trade between states to have fair railroad rates.