Western Expansion Flashcards
The _________ occurred from 1815 to 1820, directly after the War of 1912.
“Great Migration”
Boone’s trail through the Cumberland Gap was called the ___________.
Wilderness Road
___________ took three hundred families to establish the first Anglo colonies in Texas.
Stephen Austin
J. H. Tunstall and Company and L. G. Murphy and Company were two rival cattle companies involved in the ____________ Cattle War in New Mexico.
Lincoln County
The ___________ was the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
“Old West”
During the War for Independence, ___________ financed his own expedition against the British and their Indian allies.
George Rogers Clark
_________ was the name of the Indian guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Sacajawea
Captain __________ conducted a second exploration of the Louisiana Territory that followed the Mississippi River two thousand miles north into Minnesota.
Zebulon Pike
Major ___________ explored the land near the Red and Arkansas Rivers.
Stephen H. Long
__________ and ___________ were “mountain men” who helped explore the West.
Jedediah Smith; Jim Bridger
__________ always carried his Bible and rifle with him and has sometimes been called the “Knights in Buckskin.”
Jedediah Smith
General __________ was a dictator of Mexico during the Texas War for Independence.
Santa Anna
_________, _________, and __________ were three famous colonels who died defending the Alamo.
William Davis, James Bowie,… Davy Crockett
The victory at the Battle of San Jancinto gave Texas its independence from ________.
Mexico
Brigham Young led the ________ party to the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Mormon
The discovery of ______ in California greatly accelerated America westward expansion.
Gold
When there was no law, citizens on the western frontier formed __________ committees.
Vigilance
The Homestead Act gave ____ acres of free land to homesteaders.
160
The __________ War, or the Graham-Tewksbury Feud, was between cattlemen and sheepherders in Arizona.
Pleasant Valley
The _________ War was a result of cattle rustling.
Johnson County
The famous Concord Coaches were built by ___________ and J. Stephen Abbot.
Lewis Downing
In 1860 the Pony Express was organized to carry U. S. mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and __________, California.
Sacramento
The _________ Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad were the two railroad companies that were chartered to complete the first American transcontinental railroad.
Union
Near Ogden, _________, at Promontory Point, a gold spike was driven in the last tie that connected the two railroads.
Utah
The ________ Indian Wars began in Minnesota in 1862 and lasted nearly thirty years, costing the United States government over thirty million dollars.
Plain
Colonel J. M. Chivington of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry ordered an unprovoked attack on Chief _________ and the defenseless Cheyenne village at Sandy Creek, over 300 Indians.
Black Kettle
____________, or “Yellow Hair,” disobeyed direct orders at Little Big Horn and initiated an attack that brought death to 265 men of the 7th Cavalry (including himself).
George Armstrong Custer
Colonel J. W. _________, five hundred men, met Chief Big Foot and Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek; during the peace process, fighting erupted and over 200 Indians were killed.
Forsyth
General __________, who had lost an arm during the War Between the States, was a Bible-carrying Christian and friend to the Indians.
O. O. Howard
Chief Joseph said, “From where the sun now stands I will _______ no more, forever!”
Fight
The ________ and ________ are the two tribes of the Southwest that had the greatest impact on American history.
Navajo; Apache
The United States Army sent Kit Carson to defeat the _________ Indians.
Navajo
The Apache Wars started because _________ was falsely accused of kidnapping a boy.
Cochise
Taglito (Red Beard), or Tom Jeffords, was known and trusted by the Apache and became their Indian _________.
Agent
The American nomenclature for the redwoods Sequoia, the name of a Cherokee __________ who devised an alphabet for his people.
Indians
The _________ is the oldest and most massive Sierra Sequoia; the _________, the second largest tree, was designated by the United States Congress as a national shrine honoring the American war dead.
General Sherman; General Grant
Major _________ led the first expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers to explore the Grand Canyon.
John Wesley Powell
When Cochise surrendered to Tom Jeffords and General Howard, _________ refused to surrender and evaded capture for fourteen years.
Geronimo
