Western Expansion VOCAB

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

• the belief that god intended americans to possess the North American continent; term coined by newspaperman John L.O Sullivan

Question 2

Jim Crowe Law-

Answer 2

laws that require forced segregation; or the separation of of trains,restaurants,hotels,schools and other social settings

Question 3

Transcontinental railroad-

Answer 3

a continuous rail line that reaches the entire width of the continent; completed may 10th 1869

Question 4

Union Pacific-

Answer 4

received a charter to build the first continental railroad; a railroad line that began building in omaha nebraska and built westward to meet the central pacific railroad line

Question 5

Central pacific-

Answer 5

received a charter to build the first transcontinental railroad, a railroad line that began building eastward to meet the union pacific railroad line

Question 6

Cattle Drive-

Answer 6

name for the process by which cattle were brought over land to northern railroad terminals

Question 7

Great Plains-

Answer 7

the regions between the mississippi river valley and the rocky mountains; stretching from North to South, canada to southern texas

Question 8

Open Ranges-

Answer 8

unfenced public lands where the cowboys herded cattle

Question 9

Homestead Act-

Answer 9

provided 160 acres of land to any settler who would live on the land for five years and “improve” it by building and farming

Question 10

Soddies-

Answer 10

Houses built of block of earth and sod

Question 11

Barbed Wires-

Answer 11

Two twisted strands of wire studded with sharp metal bands at measured intervals

Question 12

Plains Indians-

Answer 12

tribes such as the Cheyenne,the Comanche, and the Sioux who lived in the great plains region

Question 14

Custer’s last stand-

Answer 14

another name for The Battle of Little Bighorn; were Custer and is force lost their lives

Question 15

Wounded Knee massacre-

Answer 15

a sad and bloody epilogue to the Indian wars; happened when the army tried to band and disband an army of sioux that fled the reservation

Question 16

Foreclosure-

Answer 16

the action of taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up with their mortgage payments

Question 17

Inflation-

Answer 17

a general increase in prices of goods and services and a decrease of the value of purchasing money

Question 18

Deflation-

Answer 18

reduction of the general prices in an economy

Question 19

Interest rates-

Answer 19

the proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower; typically expressed as annual percentage of the loan outstanding

Question 20

Assimilate-

Answer 20

to become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture

Question 21

Migration-

Answer 21

the movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions