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Chapter 19 Flashcards

1
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What are subsidies?

A

Financial aids and land grants to companies that were willing to build this line

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2
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What railroad group worked eastward from Sacramento?

A

The Central Pacific Company

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3
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What railroad group worked westward from Omaha?

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The Union Pacific Company

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4
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The Central Pacific Railroad relied on workers that moved from what country?

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China

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The Union Pacific Railroad relied on workers that moved from what country?

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Ireland

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What occurred on May 10, 1869?

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Workers completed construction of the transcontinental railroad at promontory point

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7
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What would the Transcontinental Railroad do?

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It would connect the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts

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8
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What was significant about the final spike in the Transcontinental Railroad?

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It was golden

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9
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What did the American Railway Association do to our country in 1883?

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Divided the country into 4 time zone

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10
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What were open ranges?

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Texas plains where thousands of wild longhorns roamed

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11
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What were long drives?

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When ranchers drove their cattle over hundreds of miles

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What were three challenges that faced the American Cowboy?

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Stampedes, tough weather conditions, and rustlers

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13
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What was passed by Congress in 1862 to encourage people to move to the Great Plains?

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The Homestead Act

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14
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How much land is an acre?

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A football field

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15
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What invention by John Deere allowed farmers to break through the tough Midwestern sod?

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The Steel Plow

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16
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What was used to keep livestock in a contained area and to mark territory?

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Barb wire

17
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What Sioux chief didn’t want to sell the Black Hills area of the Dakotas to the US Gov’t?

A

Cheif Sitting Bull

18
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Who had his last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

A

Cheif Josef

19
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What was Chief Joseph’s famous quote about Native American attitudes at this time?

A

From where the sun now stands, i will fight no more forever.

20
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Who was the last Native American to surrender in the Apache Wars?

A

Geronimo

21
Q

What two things did the Dawes Act do?

A

It broke up reservation land individually and removed tribal afflications

22
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What three ways were Native American students taught to assimilate in boarding schools?

A

Dress and act like European Americans, had to speak english, names were changed to american names

23
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What caused the Wounded Knee Massacre?

A

A gun was accidently discharged

24
Q

What battle caused the end of armed conflict between the US and Indians?

A

Wounded Knee

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