America Flashcards
How many people did a territory need to become a state?
60,000
What was the name of the houses the homesteaders built on the plains?
Sod-houses
How many acres did the Homestead Act of 1862 allow people to claim?
160 acres
How much money did the US government offer the Sioux for the Black Hills?
$6 million
What did the Dawes Act in 1887 give Indian families if they chose to leave the reservation?
A 160-acre piece of land
How many Indians were killed within the first 10 minutes of the Wounded Knee Massacre?
150-250 Indians
When did Brigham Young become leader of the Mormons?
1845
When did Lincoln make the Emancipation Proclamation?
New Year’s Day 1863
How many southern states broke away from the US by June 1861?
11
When was the Homestead Act?
1862
When was the first fort Laramie treaty and what did it do?
1851, led to creation of reservations
When was the Dawes Act?
1887
When was Little Crow’s War?
August 1862
Who was the first homesteader allocated land in 1863?
Daniel Freeman
Which state left the Union first?
South Carolina
Who led the Americans in the Battle of Little Big Horn?
General George Custer
What year did the Donner Family leave for the west?
1846
What trail did the Donner Family take?
Hastings Cutoff
When was the Book of Mormons published?
1830
How and when did Joseph Smith die?
1844, an anti-Mormon mob attacked and killed him.
When did the Mormons move to Salt Lake City, Utah?
1846
When and where was gold first discovered?
January 24th 1848, Sutter’s Mill, California
When did California become a state?
1850
Give an example of a man who made money out of the 49’ers.
Sam Brandon - $2,000 a day in profit (mining shop), sold items for x10 the price.
What did the Mormons call the non-Mormons?
Gentiles
How many Mormons did Young move to Utah?
16,000
What did the 1830 Indians Removal Act do?
Created a permanent Indian frontier which was a border along the Mississippi. It was Indian territory.
What percentage of America was settled as a result of the Homestead Act?
10%
When did the Transcontinental Railroad start/end?
1860-1869
How many acres did the government give for every mile of railroad track built?
12,000 acres
When was the Sandcreek Massacre?
1864
Who was the General who led the Colorado Militia in the Sandcreek Massacre?
General Chivington
How many were killed at the Sandcreek Massacre?
150 Cheyenne men, women and children.
How many men did Chivington have in the Sandcreek Massacre?
700-strong calvary
What was the cause of Redcloud’s war in 1865-68?
1862 Montana Gold Rush - New Bozeman Trail broke Fort Laramie Treaty.
When was Fetterman’s Massacre?
1866
How many loggers were lured out by the Sioux in the Fetterman Massacre?
80
When was the Great Sioux Reservation set up?
1868
When was the Mountain Meadow Massacre?
1857-58
How many deaths were there in the Civil War?
750,000 deaths
What percentage of the railroad was in the north?
85%
What did the 14th Amendment do?
All people born in the US were citizens.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
voting couldn’t he decided based on race.
What counter laws were deployed in the South after the 15th Amendment which caused segregation?
Jim Crow Laws
Who was president in 1868?
Ulysses S Grant
When were all southern states readmitted into the union by?
1870
Who was the first black senator?
Hiram Revels of Mississippi
How match did slave owners lose from the abolition of slavery?
$2 billion
Who were carpetbaggers?
Northerners who came south to fill their empty bags with southern riches.
Who were Scallywags?
Poorer farmers in the south who didn’t own slaves and supported the Union.
When did the KKK begin?
1866
What direction did the Union Pacific Company go from and to?
East to West
What direction did the Central Pacific company go from and to?
West to East
Who and when was the windmill invented to pump water from underground?
Daniel Halliday 1874
What wheat was introduced that survived the Plains harm environment?
Turkey Red Wheat
Who and when was barbed wire discovered?
Joseph Glidden, 1874
When was the southern buffalo herd destroyed?
1875
When was the Battle of Wounded knee?
1890
When was the battle of Little Big Horn?
June 1876
