US 1 Flashcards
president Thomas Jefferson bought the ____ ____ from Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana purchase
the idea that is was Americans God given right to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and to Mexico
manifest destiny
how much was the Louisiana purchase?
15 mil
between 1804 to 1806, ___ and ___ were commission by president Jefferson to explore the pacific coast
Lewis and Clarke
the US annexed ___ which led to the ___ ____ war which took place between ___ and ___
Texas
Mexican - American
1846 and 1848
what did the Mexican American way result in?
the US obtained present day southwest US territory from Mexico
the ___ ___ with Britain resulted in the US obtaining Oregon, Washington state, and part of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
Oregon treaty
many _____ lived on these newly obtained pieces of land
Native American tribes
the ____ of ____ and discovery of gold in ____ in 1858 sparked a wave of settlers to the west hoping to literally strike gold
gold rush
1849
Colorado
the ____ __ of 1862 offered 160 acres to citizens
homestead act
_____ families took advantage of the free land
600,000
___ ___ were pieces of land given by the federal of government to encourage railroad companies to build more railroads westward
land grants
the central pacific moved eastward from ___
Sacramento
the Union Pacific moved westward from ___
Omaha, Nebraska
both companies relied heavily on foreign labor such as ___ and mostly ___
Irish
Chinese workers
the central pacific used ____ to blast through the difficult terrain of the ___ ____ mountains
nitroglycerin
Sierra Nevada
both companies reached _____ in ___
promontory point
Utah
a ____ hailed the completion of the railroad
golden spike
trees were often scarce, so settler built their homes out of ___, called ___
sod
soddies
____ often worked in the fields with men plowing, planting, and harvesting the crops
women
____ and ____ were important lumber production
Minnesota and Wisconsin
frontier settlers faces many hardships such as ..
droughts floods fires blizzards locust plagues raids by outlaws and native Americans
most Native American tribes had
social classes
many NA tribes were
democratic
some of the tribes included..
Cherokee Seminole Dakota Cheyenne Apache nez perce
conflicts with NA tribes didn’t begin until
after the civil war
conflict with ___ and ___ colonists
Plymouth
Jamestown
four thousand Cherokee died on
the trail of tears
most tribal governments did not have a concept of
land ownership
NA beleived they were __ the land
settlers believed they
sharing
owned
settlers would negotiate treaties with friendly tribal leaders then
expect everyone to follow it
many American politicians and military leaders saw NAs as ___ to be eliminated, were considered ___
threats
savages
tens of thousands of NA were taken from their lands and homes and moved to
reservations
thousands of NA are killed in ___ ___ against tribes and bands who did not want to relocate
military campaigns
____ are slaughtered in tens of millions for food, for sport, and to deprive NAs of food and supplies
buffalo
US government begins ___ which is a minority groups adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture
assimilation
_____ were set up on the most barren, least fertile land
reservations
reservations were ___ and ___
crowded and unsanitary
tribes were moved again when __ was struck or resources were found
oil
they were regulated by ___ which was often corrupt and rarely had NA best interest at heart
BIA- bureau of Indian affairs
