American West

Question 1

what was the Indian appropriations act,1851?

Answer 1

gov passed act to buy the land they had previously given to the plain Indians
plains were removed onto reservations
gov hoped plains on reservations could be taught to farm and live like white Americans

Question 2

1830 indian removal act

Answer 2

1830 indian removal act forced 46k American Indians in easter to move west into Mississippi River

Question 3

1848

Answer 3

us victory in the American war

Question 4

1851 appropriation act

Answer 4

Money allocated for setting up American Indian reservation in Oklahoma

Question 5

westward migration financial crisis 1830-37

Answer 5

banks ran out of money
people lost savings
businesses close
many people were unemployed (reached 25% in areas)

Question 6

manifest destiny

Answer 6

white Americans to settle all over America. defend itself from foreign powers

Question 7

gold rush migrants

Answer 7

1836-46 5000 migrants used the Oregon trail. in 1848 gold was discovered in California. in 1849 tens of thousands of people used the trail in hope of finding gold in the west
thousands came by ship to sanfrannciso. a famine in china led to 20k Chinese people migrating to California in 1852
no gold found

Question 9

impact of railroad

Answer 9

trains replaced stagecoaches for transporting valuables

Question 10

tackling lawlessness

Answer 10

cow towns passed laws banning firearms

Question 11

cattle industry

Answer 11

people released it could be used to transport the huge herds of cattle in the north

Question 12

abiliene kansas

Answer 12

Joseph McCoy worked to turn Abilene into the first cow town
he built stockyards and hotels
build a new railroad for loading cattle

Question 13

the goodnight-loving trail

Answer 13

Charles goodnight and Oliver loving realised there was another market for texan cattle
in1868 goodnights trail extended up to Colorados booming mining towns

Question 14

John illiff

Answer 14

raised cattle on the plains and began ranching near Denver in 1866
1870 he had a herd of 26k cattle

Answer 15

cowboy on trails
seasonal work from spring g to autumn
drivers were dangerous- extreme weather

Question 16

impact of railroad

Answer 16

-disrupted buffalo migrations through settled areas because of noise of the trains and fencing of railroad tracks
-encouraged settlement to the plains
-gov persuaded tribes to give up lands along railroad routes and move to reservations