Chapter 13-1 Settling the West Flashcards
What was the 19th century American belief of our nation’s destiny to expand across the North American continent called? (Review)
manifest destiny
- What U.S. acquisition of territory in 1803 began our nation’s destined march across North America? (Review)
Louisiana Purchase
- What four territories were added to the United States during this period? (Review)
Oregon
Mexican Cession
Gadsen purchase
Texas
- What did the territories acquired during this period offer thousands of Americans?
Jobs, economic opportunities
- What is the American West during this period often referred to as?
The wild west
- What economic activity attracted people to settle the American West in droves soon after the Civil War?
mining
- What three precious metals were in abundance in the American West?
copper
gold
silver
- What type of mining was first performed by the early settlers of the American West?
surface mining
- What type of mining was required later when precious metals could no longer be found near the surface of the earth?
Quartz mining
- The discovery of what metal attracted settlers to Nevada in 1859?
silver
- What was the name of the city that quickly developed around the area of this discovery?
Virginia City
- What was the name of the city that developed in Colorado due to the discovery of silver during this same period?
Leadville, Colorado
- What was the name of the city that developed in Colorado due to the discovery of gold during this same period?
Denver
- What state carved out of the Louisiana Purchase in 1889 originally developed from settlers mining for gold?
South Dakota
- What state carved out of the Louisiana Purchase also in 1889 originally developed from settlers mining for copper?
Montana
- What type of towns did Virginia City, Nevada, Leadville and Denver Colorado soon become as settlers flocked to these areas to mine for precious metals?
Boomtowns
- What type of towns did Virginia City and Leadville soon become after settlers vacated because they could no longer find any precious metals?
Ghost town
- The construction of what infrastructure was built to help aid in the development of the American West and provide thousands of jobs?
Railroads
- In what town and state was the last rail laid to complete the first transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869?
Promontory Point
- What did the federal government create across the country to establish a more efficient and safe railroad system?
Time zones
- What economic activity spurred the third wave of people to settle the American West after the discovery of precious metals and the building of railroads?
Cattle ranching, also known as driving, is the process of raising and moving a herd of cattle from one place to another for sale or new grazing grounds, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.
- What breed of cattle native to Texas became of great value following the Civil War?
The longhorn
- To what state were the Longhorns driven by cowboys?
From texas up to kansas
- Why were cattle driven to this state?
They were moved to kansas to be put on railcars for shipments east and west
- What was the name of the trail most often used to drive cattle from Texas to Kansas?
The chisholm trail
- What city in Kansas became a hub for processing and shipping cattle to the East and the developing West during this period?
Abilene Kansas
- What economic activity spurred the fourth wave of people to settle the American West after the growth of cattle ranching on the Great Plains?
Farming
- What is the name of the geographic region where most of this economic activity took place?
Great Plains
- What is this region nicknamed due to its massive production of grain that feeds not only the United States but many countries around the world?
The Breadbasket to the World
- What was a large part of this region ironically nicknamed before people learned that it was home to some of the most fertile soil in the world?
The Great American Desert
- What ten states are either partially or entirely a part of this region?
texas
oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North dakota
7.Montana
8. Wyoming
9. Colorado
10. New Mexico
- What was the name of the federal law the government passed in 1862 that granted free land in the West to encourage people to settle?
Homestead Act
Up to how many acres of land could you get to farm from the Federal Government?
160
How many years did you have to live on the land in order to permanently own it?
10
- What were people who took advantage of this generous offer by the Federal Government nicknamed?
Homesteaders
Sodbusters
- What group of people did not welcome the settlement of miners, ranchers, farmers, and the building of railroads in the American West during this period?
Native Americans
- List the names of any ten Native American tribes of the Great Plains.
Shayan
Pony
Blackfoot
Kansa
Ioha
Omaha
shoshone
- What did the Federal Government do with Native American tribes out West during this period?
They put them on reservations
- Why did most of these western Native American tribes, who were forced to live on federal reservations, have a difficult time adapting to their new smaller homelands?
They were nomads
- At what battle in Montana did the Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux Indians put up their fiercest fight against federal troops on June 25, 1876?
Little Bighorn
- What is another name for this battle that resulted in the deaths of 263 federal troops and personnel?
Custer’s Last stand
- What did Native Americans on the Great Plains call African-American soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars?
Buffalo Soldiers
