Westward Expansion
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- California Gold Rush began in this year.
- 1849
- Name 3 problems caused by the Gold Rush
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1. Pollution 2. Forests destroyed 3. Native Americans forced to move from homeland
- Name 3 conditions of working on the RR.
- Low pay, long hours, hard work, dangerous
- A railroad that runs coast to coast
- Transcontinental Railroad
- This animal caused Native Americans to depend less on crops & more on hunting.
- Horse
- Each N.A. nation was asked to keep to a limited area in return for $, animals, goods
- Fort Laramie Treaty
- Hundreds of Cheyennes were killed despite the fact that they weren't at war
- Cheyenne Massacre
- A limited area set aside for Native Americans
- Reservation
- Native American victory, Custer's Last stand
- Battle of Little Big Horn
- Encouraged Native Americans to become farmers, unsuccessful b/c N.A. weren't used to this way of life
- Dawes Act
- A religious ceremony that was intended to bring back their lost way of life
- Ghost Dance
- The battle that marked the end of the Indian Wars
- Wounded Knee
- How long did the Sun Dance last?
- 4 days
- Towns that grew up near mining sites
- Boom Towns
- One of the richest silver mines in the world, located in Nevada
- Comstock Lode
- The Union Pacific and Central Pacific met here.
- Promontory Point
- Most railroad workers were _____.
- Immigrants
- An enclosure used to trap buffalo
- Corral
- Native Americans depended on this for life and used it for tools, weapons, food, etc.
- Buffalo
- A sled pulled by a horse or dog to transport goods
- Travois