Chapter 17 Flashcards
Comstrock lode
Silver found in the Sierra Nevada in 1859 and claimed by Henry Comstrock produced 300 million dollars and made Nevasa a center for mining
Why did few miners get rich
Ore was difficult to extract because it was to deep
Mining towns were boomtowns then…
Ghost towns when the ore was gone
Half of miners were…
Foreign born (Chinese)
Lode
A rich vein of ore
Vigilantes
Self appointed law keepers
What did the government offer railroad companies
Subsidies- grants of land for money
And federal loans
For every mile of track the railroad company got
10 square miles of land next to the track
Transcontinental railroad
A railroad that spanned the continent
What rare road company built a line going eastward from Sacramento California
Central Pacific Railroad
What railroad company built in line going west from Omaha Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
When was the transcontinental railroad completed
May 10, 1869
Where did the two lines meet
Promontory Utah
What were the effects of the transcontinental railroad
New towns in the west, population grew in the west, and several territories became states
What did Guns and horses allow Europeans to do
Kill more and travel faster and farther
What was the fort Laramie Treaty
The US government promise to protect the land of the Native Americans if they settled permanently
But they broke it
What happened in the Sandcreek massacre
Col John Chivington attacked a group of Cheyennes in Colorado the Cheyennes raised a white flag but they still killed them
What did the Sandcreek massacre do
Start and era of war with the natives
What is a reservation
Land set aside for Native Americans to live on
What happened at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Col George Custer atalked a group of siouxs and cheyennes in Montana Custer and all his men were killed
Who were sitting bull and crazy horse
Native American leaders that fought being Pushed onto reservations
How is Sitting Bull killed
In an uprising about the ghost dance
What is the ghost dance
Native American dance used to communicate with ancestors
What happened at the battle of wounded knee Creek
200 Sioux were killed as they were giving up their weapons and ended the war with natives
What is the Dawes act
Law passed by Congress which stated Native American males would receive 160 acres to farm. it also set up schools for Native American children
Why did the Dawes act fail
It failed because few natives became farmers. Many were now poor and depending on the government food food
