APUSH UNIT 2: Westward Expansion

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Battle of Little Big Horn

Battle Between the Sioux and U.S. Govt.
Sioux were victorious
Later forced onto a reservation

Cattle Drives

Cattle taken from Texas to railroads in the North, later to meat packing facilities that shipped to the East

California Gold Rush

People going to California in hopes of striking rich with gold.

Dawes Act of 1882

Law abolished Native American tribes & reservations
NA’s that gave up land got 160 acres of poor farm land
NA’s old land sold to white settlers
NA children forced to be assimilated in boarding schools
Erased almost all of NA culture

Decimation of the Buffalo

U.S. Gov forced killing of buffalo
Buffalo was primary food source for NA’s
Plan was to weaken NAs

Gold Rush

People flocking to an area in hopes of striking rich overnight

Grange Movement

Began as social organization for farmers
Became political organization
Wanted gov to own industries to keep prices low
Supported the Populist Party

Great Plains

Region West of the Mississippi and Eat of the Rock Mountains

Homestead Act of 1862

Gave 160 acres of land to settlers
Became theirs after 5 years, if improvements such as farming were made
Helped to close Western Frontier

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

Granted NA right to vote, without giving up tradition or religion

Indian Wars

NAs vs. U.S. Gov over Great Plains
Resulted in NAs forced onto reservations

Klondike Gold Rush

People went to Alaska hope of finding gold & becoming rich
Put Alaska on the map as a source of resources

Louisiana Purchase

Territory purchased from France in 1803
Doubled U.S. size at the time
Located West of Mississippi

Manifest Destiny

Belief that the U.S. would stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean

Massacre at Wounded Knee

After Sioux were restless on reservation, 300 were killed while they were unarmed by the U.S. army

Populist Party

Third Party
Became popular during the Progressive Era & Working Men

Sioux

Native Americans who lived in the Black Hills
Forced to leave after gold was discovered there
Tried to Fight U.S. Government
Eventually forced to live on reservation

Steel Plow

Made it easier to plant seeds faster with less effort
Farming became more productive

Third Party

Political party that is not in the majority

Transcontinental Railroad

A railroad that was completed in 1869
Connected East and West coast of the U.S.
Made Possible by the Bessemer Process
Irish and Chinese immigrants built the railroad
People could now travel by rail to move west or east