1865-1890 Flashcards
1
Q
Monroe Doctrine
A
1823 isolationist
2
Q
Manifest destiny
A
God given right to the land in the West
3
Q
Californian gold rush
A
1849
4
Q
Fort Laramie treaty
A
1868 protect lands of native Americans
5
Q
1875
A
Battle of little big horn fort Laramie treaty broken by miners on the Bozeman trail-cluster killed
6
Q
1883
A
Code of Indian offences banned practices
7
Q
1893
A
Turner thesis end of the westward frontier
8
Q
1890
A
Wounded knee massacre 153 Sioux killed
9
Q
Alaska 1867
A
Bought from Russia for 7.2 million
10
Q
Guano islands annexed 1867
A
Fertiliser and gun powder
11
Q
Venezuela
A
British arbitration sided with Venezuelan not British shows protection of Monroe doctrine
