US 1

Question 0

president Thomas Jefferson bought the ____ ____ from Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 0

Louisiana purchase

Question 1

the idea that is was Americans God given right to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and to Mexico

Answer 1

manifest destiny

Question 2

how much was the Louisiana purchase?

Answer 2

15 mil

Question 3

between 1804 to 1806, ___ and ___ were commission by president Jefferson to explore the pacific coast

Answer 3

Lewis and Clarke

Question 4

the US annexed ___ which led to the ___ ____ war which took place between ___ and ___

Answer 4

Texas
Mexican - American
1846 and 1848

Question 5

what did the Mexican American way result in?

Answer 5

the US obtained present day southwest US territory from Mexico

Question 6

the ___ ___ with Britain resulted in the US obtaining Oregon, Washington state, and part of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

Answer 6

Oregon treaty

Question 7

many _____ lived on these newly obtained pieces of land

Answer 7

Native American tribes

Question 8

the ____ of ____ and discovery of gold in ____ in 1858 sparked a wave of settlers to the west hoping to literally strike gold

Answer 8

gold rush
1849
Colorado

Question 9

the ____ __ of 1862 offered 160 acres to citizens

Answer 9

homestead act

Question 10

_____ families took advantage of the free land

Answer 10

600,000

Question 11

___ ___ were pieces of land given by the federal of government to encourage railroad companies to build more railroads westward

Answer 11

land grants

Question 12

the central pacific moved eastward from ___

Answer 12

Sacramento

Question 13

the Union Pacific moved westward from ___

Answer 13

Omaha, Nebraska

Question 14

both companies relied heavily on foreign labor such as ___ and mostly ___

Answer 14

Irish

Chinese workers

Question 15

the central pacific used ____ to blast through the difficult terrain of the ___ ____ mountains

Answer 15

nitroglycerin

Sierra Nevada

Question 16

both companies reached _____ in ___

Answer 16

promontory point

Utah

Question 17

a ____ hailed the completion of the railroad

Answer 17

golden spike

Question 18

trees were often scarce, so settler built their homes out of ___, called ___

Answer 18

sod

soddies

Question 19

____ often worked in the fields with men plowing, planting, and harvesting the crops

Answer 19

women

Question 20

____ and ____ were important lumber production

Answer 20

Minnesota and Wisconsin

Question 21

frontier settlers faces many hardships such as ..

Answer 21

droughts
floods
fires
blizzards
locust plagues
raids by outlaws and native Americans

Question 22

most Native American tribes had

Answer 22

social classes

Question 23

many NA tribes were

Answer 23

democratic

Question 24

some of the tribes included..

Answer 24

Cherokee
Seminole
Dakota
Cheyenne 
Apache
nez perce

Question 25

conflicts with NA tribes didn’t begin until

Answer 25

after the civil war

Question 26

conflict with ___ and ___ colonists

Answer 26

Plymouth

Jamestown

Question 27

four thousand Cherokee died on

Answer 27

the trail of tears

Question 28

most tribal governments did not have a concept of

Answer 28

land ownership

Question 29

NA beleived they were __ the land

settlers believed they

Answer 29

sharing

owned

Question 30

settlers would negotiate treaties with friendly tribal leaders then

Answer 30

expect everyone to follow it

Question 31

many American politicians and military leaders saw NAs as ___ to be eliminated, were considered ___

Answer 31

threats

savages

Question 32

tens of thousands of NA were taken from their lands and homes and moved to

Answer 32

reservations

Question 33

thousands of NA are killed in ___ ___ against tribes and bands who did not want to relocate

Answer 33

military campaigns

Question 34

____ are slaughtered in tens of millions for food, for sport, and to deprive NAs of food and supplies

Answer 34

buffalo

Question 35

US government begins ___ which is a minority groups adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture

Answer 35

assimilation

Question 36

_____ were set up on the most barren, least fertile land

Answer 36

reservations

Question 37

reservations were ___ and ___

Answer 37

crowded and unsanitary

Question 38

tribes were moved again when __ was struck or resources were found

Answer 38

oil

Question 39

they were regulated by ___ which was often corrupt and rarely had NA best interest at heart

Answer 39

BIA- bureau of Indian affairs