Unit 5 Chapter 17 Flashcards
Define the Term: Transcontinental Railroad
The first railroad that connected the western coast to the eastern coast of the United States
Define the Term: Lode
A deposit of gold
Define the Term: Homestead Act
The law that allowed people to apply for large amounts of land so long as they developed and improved it by building a house and farming
What Native American tribe caused the most problem during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Sioux
Define the Term: Reservations
Plots of land that the Federal Government placed the Native tribes on, usually not high quality land
Who were the three main figures of the battle of little bighorn
Colonel Custer
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Explain the factors that led to the large conflicts between the plains Indians and the Sioux
Killing of the buffalo
Taking of Native lands
Placing Native Americans on reservations
How did the United States drive France out of Mexico?
Put 50,000 troops on the rio grande border
What were France, Britain, and Spain challenging by coming into Mexico?
Monroe Doctrine - west is closed to colonization
What was the first asian country to open to American trade?
Japan
Why did Japan open trade with the United States
There wasn’t much choice in the face of the modern weaponry on U.S. ships
Define the Term: Boxer Rebellion
Chinese revolt of western influence, they destroyed all foreign goods and killed many ambassadors and foreign nationals
Define the Term: Imperialism
Imposing one countries values and beliefs on another through conquest and empire building
What were the objections to the purchase of Alaska?
Barren, frozen, little resources
Define the Term: Yellow Journalism
News/reporting that focused on sensationalism rather than facts or the truth
Who were the two primary figures at the center of Yellow Journalism
Hearst/Pulitzer
What were the events that lead up to the Spanish American War
American’s perception of conditions in Cuba spurred by Yellow Journalism
Interception of the Spanish Ambassadors Letter
Imperialism as foreign policy
Sinking of the USS Maine
What territories did the U.S. get as a result of the Spanish-American War?
Cuba*
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Guam
Who was the leader of the Rough Riders?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was President for the Spanish American War?
William McKinley
How did the Dawes Act impact the Native Americans?
It decreased tribal identity and further pushed them into poverty, further pushing them onto reservations
What countries did the U.S. settle relations with by 1905?
England, Spain, France
What was the overall impact of the Spanish-American war?
The U.S. emerges as a world power with an incredibly strong Navy
