The Passing Frontier Flashcards
What did the “great American desert” refer to?
The area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
What area of the us did the miners open up to American settlement
The area between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
United States Indian policy in the 1800s included
Developement of the reservation system
Assimilation into American culture
Broken treaties
He first territory in the United States to grant women the right to vote was
Wyoming
In order to get free land under the 1862 homestead act a settler has to
Live on and cultivate part of the land
One of the primary purposes of the Dawes act was to
Americanize the Indians
What was the trip called hat was taken by cattlemen herding perhaps as many as 3,000 cows from Texas to Wyoming
The long drive
Which group of people built the Union Pacific railroad heading west from Omaha
Irish
Which group of people built the central pacific railroad heading east from Sacramento
Chinese
What was the main type of cow moved from Texas to Wyoming
Longhorn
Mining created new communities and territories
True
The 1859 strike near Denver Colorado proved that any individual panning for gold could get rich from mining
False
Divided up Indian reservation land and assigned each family a 160 acre farm
Dawes act of 1887
Sioux Indian chiefs who massacred general George Custer and 264 of his men
Chief sitting bull and crazy horse
uS military leader at the battle of little big horn
General George Custer
Considered he symbolic end of Indian resistance to white domination
Battle of wounded knee
List 3 basic foods the buffalo provided for the plains Indians
1) leather for teepees
2) sport
3) rituals and religion for Indians
4) fuel
List 2 major results/ effects of the mining industry on the US
Town increase &
List the two main ways that farmers were able to get land in the West
1) homestead act
2) transcontinental railroad
List three factors that led to growth of the west
1) mining
2) transcontinental railroad
Because the Great Plains lacked adequate rainfall and trees what did the plains farmers do for water shelter food and fencing
Sod -shelter
Buffalos-fuel
Water-wells
Fencing -barbed wire
Explain which of the following was most significant in the passing of the fromtier : miners cattle ranchers farmers or railroads
Railroads eliminated travel economy boost trade and transport an more time
