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40 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Jefferson |
leader responsible for the Louisiana Purchase, a huge expansion for the U.S. |
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Sacagawea |
lead guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition |
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Great American Desert |
nickname given to the Great Plains in early 1800's |
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John Fremont |
explorer of the west that helped map major trails, map the transcontinental railroad route and was the leader of the Bear Flag Revolt |
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Zebulon Pike |
leader of southern expedition for Louisiana Purchase |
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Lewis and Clark |
leaders fo the scientific expedition of the northern half of the Louisiana Purchase. established claim of Oregon Territory. |
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Rendezvous |
yearly meeting held by mountain men and traders |
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Mountain Men |
people who explored the west (Kit Carson, Jedidiah Smith, etc.) |
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Santa Fe Trail |
first major trade route west of the river |
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California Trail |
established to help settlers during gold rush |
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Oregon Trail |
westward migration trail to the farming region Willamette Valley |
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49er |
name given to settlers during gold rush |
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Stephen Austin |
settler that received land grant to help people settle in Mexico's territory |
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William Travis |
resistance leader during Texas revolution; killed at the Alamo |
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Santa Ana |
Leader of Mexico defeated by Sam Huston and forced to sign the treaty given Texas independence |
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Tejanos |
name given to settlers in the Mexican Territory given to Austin |
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Sam Houston |
leader of Texas Revolution; responsible for defeating Santa Ana |
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Brigham Young |
leader of Morman migration |
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Joseph Smith |
founder of Morman religion |
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Black Kettle |
leader of Cheyenne Tribe; attacked at Sand Ridge and Washita River |
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Sand Creek Massacre/Washita River Massacre |
sites of the attacks on Cheyenne tribes by Colorado and U.S. government |
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Medicine Lodge |
major assembling of plains tribal leaders and U.S. leaders to stop fighting and establish territories |
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The Little Big Horn |
major Sioux victory; death of General Custer and the 7th cavalry regiment |
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Sitting Bull |
holy man who led his people during resistances; killed by Indian Agency Police when it was feared he would join the Ghost Dance |
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Crazy Horse |
war leader of Oglala Lakota Sioux; led many battles; four months after surrendering, killed by a military guard while "resisting imprisonment" |
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Wounded Knee |
considered final battle of the Plains Indian Wars; estimates of dead at 300 |
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Ghost Dance |
new religious movement for Native Americans; bring the spirits of the dead to the living for comfort and fighting and to bring peace and unity to the people |
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Assimilation |
a person or persons acquire the culture and mannerisms of another group through psychological teachings |
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Dawes Act |
law created to take Native American's land and force them to assimilate to white culture |
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Land Ordinance of 1785 |
Established how the land would be divided and the steps for statehood |
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What were the steps for statehood? |
Congress would establish a territory, when it had 5000 voters it could have a government and 60,000 could allow them to become a state |
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Homestead Act |
a person could claim 160 acres for free if lived on for five years and made improvements |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Rio Grande river made the border |
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Mexican American War |
war over where the border was |
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Wells Fargo Stagecoach Line |
first mass transportation; took about six weeks |
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Transcontinental Railroad |
build by two companies in a competition, became a quick way for travel |
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Pony Express |
young men took mail across country in about 10 days |
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What happened to the buffalo? Why? |
They were almost wiped out due to hunting for sport by the white men. |
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Curtis Act |
forced the Native American's to follow the Dawes Act |
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good luck |
don't die |
