Ch 17 Terms Flashcards
Political leader of the Sioux during the Sioux war
Sitting bull
Military leader of the Sioux during the Sioux war
Crazy horse
Reckless colonel who lost his life at the battle of Little Bighorn
George Armstrong Custer
Indian Napoleon , chief of the nez perce Indians
Chief Joseph
Puppet emperor in Mexico
Maximilian 1
American commodore who negotiated a treaty with the Japanese
Matthew perry
Spanish ambassador who insulted presided McKinley in a private letter
Enrique dupuy de lome
American commodore who defeated the Spanish navy in the Philippines
George Dewey
Philippine revolutionary
Emilio aguinaldo
Provided a 160 acre land grant in the west free to anyone who improves it
Homestead act
A bloody attack on an Indian band that had already surrerendered
Wounded knee massacre
Parceled out Indian tribal lands
Dawes act
Settlement of three longstanding disagreements bw Britain and the US
Treaty of Washington
Agreement that opened japan to trade with the west
Treaty of kanagawa
Movement intended to achieve greater unity among nations in the Western Hemisphere
Pan Americanism