Key Things Flashcards
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
530mill acres land bought from France in 1803
ABOLISIONISTS
Small number of white and free black Americans who were against slavery.
Growth of slavery immoral
Set out to stop it altogether
COTTON GIN
1739–ELI WHITNEY
processed cotton 50x faster
Slavery expansion
MISSOURI COMPROMISE
1820
Drew a vertical line between middle country
States created in west ABOVE LINE became FREE STATES and BELOW LINE would be SLAVE STATES
MISSOURI COMPROMISE also said
For every slave state there would be a free state to keep a balance or power
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
1839
Law which promised tribes money if they relocate
Made by Andrew Jackson
MORMONS
Religious group set up in early 19th century
POLYGAMY
Marrying many wives
Mormon beliefs
MORMONS leader and where they chose to settle
Brigham young
Great salt lake
GOLD no.1
California discovered in 1848
1849-50,000 went to mine these were called the 49ers
GOLD no.2
1858
Pikes peak in Kansas—occupied by Cheyenne Indians
1859 over 100,000 rush to place (59ers)
What did the gold rush in pikes peak lead to the discovery of
The plains were inhabitable
Whites began settling. Which broke treaty’s from 1850s
Tribes begging fighting back
By 1860 war between USA and plains inevitable
when was LINCOLN elected and who supported him most
Nov 1860
North, almost no support from south
What did Lincoln make illegal when he fully became president in March 4 1961
Confederacy
When was war declared
15 April 1961
Lincoln would defend union
EMANCIPATION PROCLIMATION
All slaves in confederate states free
13th amendment
Jan 1865 (emmansipation proclimation)
Lincoln died when leaving who to replace him
April 1865
Andrew jackson
What period was known as radical reconstruction
Feb 1866
Congress bought civil rights bill when and what is it
A law to protect rights of all black Americans
March 1866
14th amendment
July 1868
Anyone born in USA is us citizens now matter skin colour
15th amendment
March 1870
All black Americans right to vote
Freedman’s bureau
assisting freedmen (former slaves) in the South
What happened in 1870
Freedman’s bureau was shut down
Abraham approved what in 1862 which would do what
Pacific railroad act
Provide money to companies willing to build railroad connecting east and west
What is union pacific and central pacific
Union pacific-east to west
central pacific-west to east
Long drive
Taking cattle over plains to be sold
What did long drives cause conflict with
Indian buffalo hunting lands
Texas longhorns
Hardy cattle
Cow towns
Located railroad lines
Where cattle bought and sold
Cattle ranches
Located on plains
Set up so cattle not driven all way from Texas
HOMESTEAD ACT
Offered people 160 acres of land free for 5 years
HOMESTEADS
Houses built on plains out of sod
Ghost dance
1890s religious movement
Believed if they danced and prayed white settlers would leave and buffalo return
What did the gov do in 1890
Sent in army to stop ghost dancers
Many tan away to Dakota
They were eventually tracked down at WOUNDED KNEE
WOUNDED KNEE
Army open fired in ghost dancers killing over 250 men women and kids
On 15 Jan 1891 4,000 ghost dancers surrender
JIM CROW
Introduced in 1890s
Segregation
