West Test - Sheet1 Flashcards
An American general who was killed by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn
General George Custer
a system of interlocking canals that ran from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
Erie Canal
A system of sending letters across the country by young boys riding horses, later failed due to the Pacific Telegraph Act
Pony Express
Awarded people 160 acres if they were willing to improve the land within five years. The government profited from selling the land next to the railroads. Purpose was to encourage settlement of the West.
The Homestead Act of 1862
Policy that stated, “Indians need less land, but we’ll still protect them and make sure they’re taken care of”
Concentration Policy
Created agricultural-based universities all over the country
Morrill Act
To make Indians more like white people
Assimilation
The Civil War of the West
Plains Wars
The first major political candidate who supported the Populist Movement
William Jennings Bryan
A famous lawman of the Frontier who participated in the OK Corral gunfight, the most famous of all time
Wyatt Earp
Gold/silver rush (mining), Religion, and land.
Three reasons why people moved West
Main one in California (1849) others were Georgia, Colorado, South Dakota, Arizona, and Alaska
Gold Rush
The attitude of Americans that not only could they expand to the West, but they were destined to. It was their God-given right
Manifest Destiny
The man who hired Marshall to build a sawmill. Marshall found the gold that started the California Gold Rush
John Sutter
Missionaries who went to Utah to convert the Cayuse Indians
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Led the Mormons to Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Created a working telegraph system, which ended the Pony Express
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860
Created the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
The first act excluding an ethnic group in American history
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1862
A farmer’s organization that sought to end the corrupt practices of the railroad by adding government regulation.
The Grange
Poor communication, gun culture, and conflicts between groups
Reasons why it was hard to monitor law in the West
site where the transcontinental railroad met
Promontory Point, Utah
Populist gathering that established referendum, recall, and initiatives
Omaha Platform
Appointed by the President to have jurisdiction/power over the territories
U.S. Marshall
Appointed by the President to have jurisdiction/power over the territories
U.S. Marshall
Assistant/second-in-command to the U.S. Marshall
Deputy U.S. Marshall
when the people vote directly on an issue; like for a casino in their county
referendum
when the people can vote to remove an elected official before their term is up; this happened to Gov. Davis which is how Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor
recall
when the people initiate legislation like Megan’s law or the Amber Alert
initiative
