Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Frances E Willard |
Born in 1839, she was a Terrence and women suffragist. She influenced the passage of the 18th (prohibition) and 19th (women suffrage) amendments, president of Women's Christian Temperence Union in 1879. |
|
|
"Rum, Romanisim, and Rebellion" |
Reverend Dr. Samuel Burchard, said "We are Republicans, and don't propose to leave our party and identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been rum, Romanism, and rebellion." This was said in the campaign for Blaine and caused a catastrophe. The democrats notices he anti-catholic slur and publicized it, causing Blaine to lose the election. |
|
|
Mining Frontier |
In 1849, gold was found in California, then again I'm 1859, found in Pikes Peak Colorado. The Comstock Lode was found in Nevada in 1859 where a lot of gold and silver was found. People were being drawn to the West to mine gold and try to find a living. |
|
|
Barbed wire |
used to allow cattle to freely roam in west while also having restrictions of where land was divided between people |
|
|
Fredrick Jackson Turner: Frontier Thesis |
His belief that the western frontier in America shaped Americans and their culture into what it is because it influenced individuality and breaking away from the British ruling earlier |
|
|
Sitting Bull |
Leader of the Sioux from 1876-77 during the resistance wars against America. He was killed by Indian Agency Police while they attempted to arrest him because they though he would join the ghost dances. |
|
|
Helen Hunt Jackson: A Century if Dishonor |
Writer from Massachusetts whose book sympathized with the native Americans belived that the Americans were being mean and taking the native Americans land and culture unfairly |
|
|
Wounded Knee |
the 7th Calvary went into the Lakota tribe to disarm them on December 29th, 1890. When a deaf man would not give up his weapon, they began to fire from all around the camp near the Wounded Knee Creek. Many Lakota men women and children were killed. This marked the end of the Indian Wars . |
|
|
National Grange Movement |
group of farmers founded this in 1867 to promote the economic and social needs of farmers, as well as combine agricultural ideas. after the gold and silver dispute, the farmers were hurt economically and needed help, so they formed together. |
|
|
Cattle Drives |
The movement of cattle over long distances. Cattle was moved from Texas to ask sas to be brought to the market |
|
|
Farming frontier |
in the west, farmers were making profit by farming crops needed in the east. The homestead act helped this by providing land to poorer farmers. People moved west during is time to farm largely due to the act |
|
|
Reservations |
Land Made to settle disputes about Indian land and provide land for cultivation. Also, they make Indians more under the control of the United States Government |
|
|
George Custer: Little Big Horn |
Tribes combined together at Little Big Horn to fight against the 7th Calvary lead by George Custer. The U.S. army lost to the Indians and Cuter was killed. |
|
|
Dawes Severality Act |
1887- dissolved Indian land but if Indians acted how the Americans wanted them to (became farmers on reservation) they could become citizens in 25 years . |
|
|
Commercial Farming |
The production of agriculture widespread for the intent to sell it, using modern technology cash crops were specialized for farmers to focus on one crop and get a lot of money |
|
|
Cooperatives |
Formed by farmers to help with agriculture at other confide with other to make new ideas |
|
|
Cowboys; vaqueros |
Horse ridersqnd herders that came from Mexico into the U.S. Developed a typical cowboy idea |
|
|
Great Plains |
west of Mississippi amd east of Rocky Mountains area. Farming and herding/ cowboys happened - dry land extempore me hot and cold- difficult conditions |
|
|
Indian wars |
After the civil war, Americas number one goal was to get rid of Indians. Indians fought back against the oppression 1864-1890. Series of wars |
|
|
Chief Joseph |
Leader of nez pierce tribe who lead an unsuccessful revolt against America |
|
|
Ghost dance movement |
Religious movement incorporated in Native American tribes that reunited living with dead beings - last efforts to get whites away and gain back their land (whites felt threatened) |
|
|
Crop price deflation |
As prices fell, farmers faced mortgages with high interest rates. Farmers then had to grow more crops, which lead to overproduction, which lead to even lower prices of crops. |
