american west

Question 1

what were tribes divided into

Answer 1

bands

Question 2

what would each band have

Answer 2

cheif and a council

Question 3

who led the bands

Answer 3

cheifs and council members , the council members would decide everything

Question 4

what were chiefs chosen for

Answer 4

their wisdom

Question 5

what type of life style did the plains indians live

Answer 5

nomadic

Question 6

what did plains indians believe about nature

Answer 6

that everything in nature had a spirit , they could contact spirits through rituals

Question 7

what did plains indians believe about land

Answer 7

that is is sacred

Question 8

what was the highest respect given to in plains indians soceity

Answer 8

warriors

Question 9

what were pull factors to move west

Answer 9

freedom, fertile land , gold , space

Question 10

what were push factors for moving west

Answer 10

collapse of wheat prices, overpopulation, persecuation, enemployment

Question 11

when did the first migrants travel by the orgen trail

Answer 11

1836

Question 12

when was gold found in california

Answer 12

1848

Question 13

what was the manifest destiny

Answer 13

that is was God’s will for white americans to settle all over America

Question 14

what percentage did unemployment reach in some places in the east

Answer 14

25%

Question 15

when was the california gold rush

Answer 15

1849

Question 16

what was the amount of people using the oregon trail for the gold rush between 1836 and 1846

Answer 16

5000

Question 17

what were the consequences of the gold rush

Answer 17

by 1855 californiaa population was 300 000, tensions between plains indians , racial tensions, boost in economy , lawlessness

Question 18

when did the donner party leave

Answer 18

may 1846 with 60 wagons and 300 people

Question 19

what happened to the donner party

Answer 19

some of them decided to take a short cut which led to them getting stuck in the cold winter leading to deaths and cannibalism

Question 20

when was the mormon migration

Answer 20

1846-47

Question 21

who was the mormon leader

Answer 21

brigham young

Question 22

why were the mormons successful in migrating

Answer 22

they split everyone into groups, everyone had a secific role, they knew how to assemble their wagons into a circle for safety

Question 23

what problems did settlers face on the plains

Answer 23

very hot summers and very cold winters, insect pests , lack of water, prairie fires, lack of trees for timber

Question 24

what did settlers do due to the lack of timber

Answer 24

lived in caves and sod houses made from earth

Question 25

what was the problems with the land in the east

Answer 25

it had never been ploughed before so the settlers ploughs all broke, they had to dig up ground by hand

Question 26

when was the indian removals act and what was it

Answer 26

1830- forced plains indians to move west of the mississippi river

Question 27

when was the indian trade and intercourse act and what was it

Answer 27

1834-sets out the frontier between usa and indian territory

Question 28

when was the indian appropriations act and what was it

Answer 28

1851- set up reservations for plains indians

Question 29

when was the fort laramie treaty and what was it

Answer 29

1851- a agreement between plains indians and the government

Question 30

what issues caused lawlessness

Answer 30

increased population, mining camps where isolated in the mountains, racism, new crimes such as claim jumping

Question 31

what are vigilantes

Answer 31

a group of ordinary people that enforced law

Question 32

what were miners courts

Answer 32

when miners set up their own courts to settle dispuits