Westward Expansion Flashcards
Frontier
A line separating areas of settlements from unsettled
Lure of precious metals
Gold and silver discovered in the west including California in 1849
The boom and the bust cycle
Once towns would grow rapidly from gold mining and move to new towns
The Indian wars
A series of wars that would take place between the American govern. & the natives in the west
Battles of little big horn
Also know as
The sioux tribe Led by sitting bul and crazy horse defeated general George cluster and all 264 men
“Custers last stand”
What happened in 1869
The transcontinental railroad was completed connected east to west
Homestead act of 1862
Products became cheaper and had more goods increased in farm lands
The cattle industry when texans cattle went north it included
Wyoming Kansas Nebraska Missouri
A house not made out of bricks or lumber from homestead act are called
Soddies
Distruction of the natural environment
Competition for land between settlers minors and formers for land that lead to distraction that natives depended on
Warfare
The tech. Surperionity of the U.S govern. Made the Indian wars furtile for the Natives
Forced removal was when known as the “trail of tears”
In 1830
The DAWES act of 1887
ABOLISHED native Americans Gave each family 160 acres of land of private property
The citizenship ship act was passed when
1920
Agriculture over production
Resulted in people moving west 4 better farm tech. Outputs and increases caused prices to fall
