US History Module 2
To preserve the environment
John Muir formed the Sierra Club
Mormonism
Many historians view ___________________________ as a "uniquely American faith," not just because it was founded by Joseph Smith in New York in the 1830s, but because of its optimistic and future-oriented tenets.
Mexican
Most practices and objects associated with American cowboys were modified from ______ ranchers.
Mining in the West
Saw individual prospectors move in first, followed by corporations.
Boarding schools
The Bureau of Indian Affairs carried out a program of assimilation for Indian children by establishing:
Quanah Parker
Confronted with renewed Comanche raiding, particularly by the famed war leader ____________________, the U.S. military finally proclaimed that all Indians who were not settled on the reservation by the fall of 1874 would be considered "hostile."
Between the East and West coasts.
Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, committing the nation to building a rail link
In 1890, the "Ghost Dance"
A spiritual revival among Plains Indians, inspired by the Paiute prophet Wovoka .
The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
Designed to force Indians to become landowners and farmers.
Grants and loans from the federal government
How was the transcontinental railroad funded?
That the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life.
In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed:
Theodore Roosevelt
In 1889, he wrote The Winning of the West, describing the challenges faced in daily living in the region and arguing that these hurdles improved the moral and physical character of the people. He argued the "strenuous life" built this character.
The death of five white settlers at the hands of four young Santee men
The Dakota Uprising of 1862 began with what event?
5 years
The Homestead Act granted official title to 160 acre plots of land after how many years of settlement?
Anglo settlers would disappear in an apocalyptic disaster, dead relatives would return to Earth, and the drought would end and the buffalo would return.
The Paiute prophet Wovoka promised that which of the following would occur if Indians obeyed his instructions and participated in the ceremony that came to be called the Ghost Dance
In 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota:
The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred up to 200 Indians.
Abilene, Kansas
The town that reigned as the railhead of the cattle kingdom for many years was:
Battle of the Little Bighorn
This battle known as Custer's Last Stand came when General George A. Custer stumbled across an encampment of 3,000 Plains Indians and was slaughtered along with 250 of his men in the greatest Native victory of the Plains wars.
What was the purpose of Western cattle drives?
To bring cattle to eastern markets, mostly through railroad hubs
In the late nineteenth century, the surge of farming settlement in the West
Was a result of many factors, but the most important was the railroad.
Access to land for agriculture
What economic opportunity drew the most migrants to the West?
American culture was forged by the struggle between civilized settlers and savage frontier life, giving it a democratic and hardworking spirit
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis?"
Chicago
Which city served as the most important railroad hub, connecting the East and the West?
Cherokee
Which tribe should NOT be included among the Plains Indians?
Brigham Young
Who was the leader of the Church of Latter-Day Saints after the death of Joseph Smith. He was appointed governor of the Utah Territory by the federal government in 1850. He encouraged Mormon residents of the territory to engage in agricultural pursuits and be cautious of the outsiders who arrived as the mining and railroad industries developed in the region.
