Chapter 3 Flashcards
Pike’s Peak
gold found there in 1858
transcontinental RR companies
Union Pacific & Central Pacific
free land to settlers
Homestead Act of 1862; 160 acres
Dawes Act
break up reservations; end tribal identification
Cattle Kingdom collapse
too many cattle; overgrazing; falling prices
Red Cloud
Sioux leader in Fetterman Massacre
National Grange
farmers’ organization; social, education
Chisolm Trail
used for cattle drives from Texas to Kansas
Great Plains
location of largest Native American reservations
Chief Joseph
Nez Perce leader; “I will fight no more forever”
Colorado statehood
1876
stampede
thousands of cattle run in panic
Populist ideas
8-hour work day; income tax; one term for president
open ranges
ranches not fenced or divided into lots; brand cattle
Farmers’ Alliance
called People’s Party or Populist Party when into politics
Indian Peace Commission
1867; move all Native Americans to reservations
Ghost Dance
ceremony to hope for settlers to disappear; led to Sitting Bull’s death
Union Pacific workers
Irish & African American
Central Pacific workers
Chinese
American Railway Association
1883; created 4 time zones; safer; exactly one hour later than zone to the west
ESSAY: Why were railroads so important to boomtowns?
pg 69-boomtown
pg 70-71 railroad
