westward expansion questions

Question 1

Belief that the united states was destined to reach from the Atlantic ocean to the pacific

Answer 1

Manifest Destiny

Question 2

what was the name of the richest silver discovery located in nevada

Answer 2

Comstock Lode

Question 3

what trail was used as an international trding route between the united States and mexico

Answer 3

The Santa Fe trail

Question 4

Trail followed by many settlers from Missouri to Oregon

Answer 4

The Oregon Trail

Question 5

what was the first territory to allow woman o vote in 1869

Answer 5

Wyoming

Question 6

What religious group played a major role in settling the west

Answer 6

the mormons

Question 7

mining towns that sprung up almost over night due to strikes of minerals such as gold, silver, or copper were called

Answer 7

boom towns

Question 8

battle in which Sioux and Cheyanne Indians massacred federal troops led by Lt. colonel George Armstrong Custer

Answer 8

Battle of Little Big Horn

Question 9

The building of the ———– opened up the American west to more rapid development.

Answer 9

The Transcontinental Railroad

Question 10

Sioux chief; Sioux name Tatanka Iyotake. he lad the sioux in the fight to retain their lands; this result in the massacre of Lt. Col. Custer and his men at little Bighorn. he was killed by reservation policed during the ghost dance turmoil

Answer 10

Sitting Bull

Question 11

Lakota war leader of Oglala band in the 19th century. he took up arms against the united states federal goverment to fight against encroachment by white american settlers on native american territory and to preserve the traditional way of life the lakota people

Answer 11

crazy house

Question 12

Apache chief; Apache name Goyathlay. He resisted white encroachment on tribal lands in Arizona by leading his people in raids on settlers and US troops before he surrendered in 1886

Answer 12

geronimo

Question 13

A massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army. It occurred on December 29, 1890

Answer 13

Massacre at Wounded Knee

Question 14

a North American Indian religious cult of the second half of the 19th century, based on the performance of a ritual dance that, it was believed, would drive away white people and restore the traditional lands and way of life.

Answer 14

Ghost dance

Question 15

A system of mail delivery operating from 1860 to 1861 over a distance of 1,800 miles (2,900 km) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, using continuous relays of horse riders.

Answer 15

pony express

Question 16

African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century,

Answer 16

exodusters

Question 17

Consisted of the unfenced public lands of the West. When the cattle industry boomed following the American Civil War (1861 – 1865), ranchers in Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana allowed their cattle to roam freely across the vast range.

Answer 17

open range system

Question 18

barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property

Answer 18

bared wire

Question 19

an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in New Mexico Territory , the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney (“Billy the Kid”).

Answer 19

Lincoln County War

Question 20

historic cattle trail that originated in Young county , western Texas, U.S. The trail ran southwest to connect with the Pecos River and thence up the river valley to Fort Sumner , New Mexico, and north to the railhead at Denver, Colorado.

Answer 20

Goodnight loving trail

Question 21

known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War, was a range conflict that took place in Wyoming from 1889 to 1893

Answer 21

Johnson county war

Question 22

any family head or adult male who was a citizen or had filed a declaration to become one could claim 160 acres of surveyed government (public domain) land with payment of a small registration fee (often $10) and the promise to live on those acres and farm them for 5 years.

Answer 22

Homestead Act of 1862

Question 23

codified this policy when it allowed the president to distribute reservation land not to tribes but to individuals legally “severed” from their tribes. Those who met this standard could become citizens of the United States

Answer 23

Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

Question 24

treaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican War. It was signed at Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, which is a northern neighborhood of Mexico City. The treaty drew the boundary between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande and the Gila River; for a payment of $15,000,000 the United States received more than 525,000 square miles (1,360,000 square km) of land (now Arizona, California, western Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah) from Mexico and in return agreed to settle the more than $3,000,000 in claims made by U.S. citizens against Mexico

Answer 24

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo