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History - America (sioux) Flashcards

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1
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Name 2/13 original states

A

massachusetts

virginia

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2
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how many poeple made up a state

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60,000

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3
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what were the biggest challenges living in or travelling accross the usa

A

mountains

climate

deserts - warm

animals

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4
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By 1840 how many states were there

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27

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5
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what does immergration mean

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moving from one country to another generally to stay there

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6
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what does migration mean

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moving backwards and forwards from the same country often

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7
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why do you thin men went West

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hunt down and get skin;/meat

money

undercover tracks

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8
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reasons why people left New York

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Bank riots

poverty

violence

troop marching

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9
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what problems did people have when moving west

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wagons falling apart

diseases

weather

NA attacks

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10
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whats polygamy

A

having more than one wife

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11
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why were the mormons successful moving west

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nobody was living there

they had horses and resources

guns for protection

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12
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who was Brigham young

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Born in 1801 and died in 1877 he showed over 20,000 people to move west

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13
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when was the gold rush

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1849

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14
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name 3 things the buffalo was used for

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poo - fuel

flesh - meat

tongue - hairbrush

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15
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name 3 weapons the sioux used

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tomahawk

coup stick

lance

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16
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whats the diagram of the sioux government

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lakota ( the people ). ——— sioux nation

                                                               tribes.       ——————- chief + council 

                                                              bands          ——————-- chief + warrior society
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17
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When was the Timber Culture act

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1873

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18
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when was the desert land act

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1877

19
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whats manifest destiny

A

god would spread christianity, freedom and democracy

20
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what year were the first slaves to come from an African continent to america

A

1510

21
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whats sectionalism

A

loyalty to your region - not country

22
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what were the differences between the North and South

A

north
- didn’t like slavery
- didnt need slaves
economically controlled

south
-liked slavery
-profits
- split from union

23
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when was the missouri compromise

A

1820

24
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i who is Abraham Lincoln

A

a leader of the republican party

against slavery

1860 - elected for president

died in 1865 (after civil war ended )

25
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who’s jefferson davis

A

member of the democratic party

argued against succession

elected president in 1861

died in 1889

26
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what were the 6 causes of american civil war

A
  1. abolitionists
  2. slavery
    3.westward expansions
  3. sectionalism
  4. the 1860 election
    6.secession in the south
27
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how long did the civil war last for

A

4 years 1861- 1865

28
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what happened in sand creek

A

US declared they would fight against the sioux and this went against the treaty

29
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What were black codes

A

slaves could ..
marry
have there own property
have legal contracts

30
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when was the civil right Act 14th admentment made

A

1866-1868

31
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when was the 15th amendment made

A

1869-1870

32
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what were literacy tests or ‘ Jim core laws’

A

sales had to take tests to show if they could read or write but because they never got an education most failed

33
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give 3 examples why reconstruction was a failure in the south

A

racism

black codes

ku kux klan

34
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give facts of why reconstruction was a success

A

all southerners join the USA by 1870

literacy tests ended in 1872

600,000 black children were being educated by 1877

35
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what were homesteaders

A

someone who goes to live and grow crops on land given by the government,

36
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when was the homesteaders act

A

1962

37
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pull factors for homesteaders

A

free land available

no persecution

land gave opportunities

38
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push factors for homesteaders

A

poverty

religious persecution (mormons)

racism

39
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how did the homesteaders adapt to the great plains in 1862+

A

water shortages

extreme weather

lack of fuel

lack of building materials

crops

natural hazards

40
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how many buffalo was in 1800

A

60 million

41
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what does hostile mean

A

dangerous

42
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what was the problem in the battle of little bighorn in 1876 

A

They couldn’t communicate accross the wide mountain range

43
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when was they battle of little bighorn

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june 25th 1876

44
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who was general custer

A

a general in the US cavalry and successful in 1861 civil war however not in the batt;e of little bighorn

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