Chapter19 Flashcards

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What are subsidie

A

Financial and land grants

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What would the Transcontinental Railroad do?

A

Would connect the Atlantic and Pacific coats

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What railroad group worked eastward from Sacramento?

A

The Center Pacific company

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3
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What railroad group worked westward from Omaha?

A

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?

A

China

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

A

Ireland

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What occurred on May 10, 1869?

A

Workers competed construction on the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point

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

A

It joined the tracks

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

A

Separated the country into 4 time zones

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9
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What were open ranges?

A

Land not fenced in on divided into lots

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10
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What were long drives?

A

States drive their cattle hundreds of miles on journeys

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What were three challenges that faced the American Cowboy?

A

1) . Tough weather
2) . People try to steal cattle
3) . Fighting off stampedes

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12
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What was passed by Congress in 1862 to encourage people to move to the Great
Plains?

A

Homestead act

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13
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What was used to keep livestock in a contained area and to mark territory?

A

Barbwire

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14
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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

Chief Sittin Bull

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15
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How much land is an acre?

A

Size of a football feild

16
Q

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

A

It encapsulates Native American feelings

17
Q

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

A

Germino

18
Q

What two things did the Dawes Act do?

A

1) . Broke up reservation land individually

2) . Removed tribal off liations

19
Q

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

A

1) . Taught to dress and act like European
2) . Taught English and couldn’t use other languages
3) . Names replaced with European names

20
Q

Who had the last stand at the Battle of Big Horn

A

George custard

21
Q

What caused the Wounded Knee Massacre?

A

Sitting Bulls death, his soldiers went to get the guns up and one accidentally shot

22
Q

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

A

The wounded knee massacre