Chapter 17 Flashcards
What is the significance of promontory point Utah?
Was the junction of the transcontinental railroad
The first Transcontinental Railroad was built primarily with what immigrants?
Chinese and Irish
Name some facts about the Comstock lode
The ore was part silver part gold
a town of 30,000 sprang up near the mine
The mine relied on the work of independent prospectors who used pics and shut
Open range cattle industry came to an end for all of the following reasons except
Reduced demand for beef
List reasons why the open range cattle industry came to an end
Expansion of the railroads
overgrazing of the land
Fencing of farms
What territory was settled by land rushes
Oklahoma
What became the main crop of the Great Plains
Wheat
What’s was the key to the culture of the Plains Indians
Buffalo
What was the American government official goal during the Indian wars
Indian removal into reservations
What’s was the subject of a century of dishonor
The Indians plight
What was the goals of the American foreign-policy during the last half of the 1800s
Defending the Western Hemisphere against European intervention
extending United States territory
creating new trading opportunities
What territory did America purchase from Russia and 1867
Alaska
How did the United States acquired Hawaii
Annexation
What was the purpose of the student volunteer movement
Recruitment of missionaries
Who were the rough riders
A volunteer unit during the Spanish-American war
What major victory did America win against Spain in the Pacific?
Manila Bay
As a result of the Spanish-American war the United States gained ownership of which territories
Guam
the Philippines
Puerto Rico
What’s invention enabled farmers to fence their land on the treeless plains
Barbed wire
What’s was the last major effort of the Indians to retain their lands
Sioux war
what are tracks of land set aside for Indians
Reservations
What Chinese rebellion against foreigners was stopped by and international military force including American troops
Boxer Rebellion
What term describes the extension of power by one people or country over another country or region
Imperialism
What do we call mission boards that are not supported by guaranteed funds from a denomination
Faith missions
What type of sensationalized news reporting became popular in the United States late in the century
Yellow journalism
