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Who was the leader of the Mormans and what did they believe about their leader? |
Brigham Young lead the Mormans and they believed he was chosen by God to lead them. They believed him as they were very religious. |
They were very religious and believed in god. |
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Where did Brigham Young and the Mormans originally want to set up and where did they end up? |
They applied to have the new territory of Utah but was rejected so they made him governor of some smaller land. |
New territory the Americans gained |
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Where did the Mormans spread to? |
Utah |
New government territory called... U |
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What did Brigham young do that made the church in charge ir the Mormans? |
He decided that none of the Mormans could own their own land or water, which meant that the church would assign them it. This was ok because they were very religious and believed in the church. |
They had no wri wright to 2 things... |
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Who started the Morman movement and when? |
Joseph Smith in 1820- 31 |
J.S |
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How many Mormans where there by 1855? |
There where 4225 converts |
Over 4000 |
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What happened to the Mormans in Nauvoo (1839-46)? |
Joseph Smith came out of prison named the town Nauvoo and allowed certain Mormans to practice poligomy. People didn't like this. |
Prison and poligomy |
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What happened to the Mormans in Missouri (1837-38) ? |
People tried to stop them from voting in elections and people destroyed their property, Mormans freed slaves and people didn't like that so they were pushed out of the town. |
Slaves and elections ... |
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What happened to the Mormans in Kirtand (1831-37) ? |
They had 1000 members, a mill, a bank, and a printing press. 1837 economic crisis struck and the bank collapsed. They were chased out of Kirtland. |
They were very successful here... |
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Define what a 'Claim' is? |
A legal declaration that someone intended to take control of an area of land. |
Land |
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Define a Road argent? |
Gangs and criminals who waited in isolated spots along roads to rob travellers. |
Robbing |
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Why were there often fights in early towns? |
There were often fights because men became attached to certain prostitutes and we're drunk from alcohol. Many prospectors carried guns, any violence was a threat to other camps. |
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What was the land rush? |
The land rush was when in 1887 the Dawes act gave plains indians land. All the land that was leftover was put up for general sale. |
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What happened in the cow town Abilene, Kansas? |
Population boomed from 500 to 7,000 and it was a lawless kown. A jail was constructed but then emediatly torn down. There were many gun fights and when the guns were banned the sign banning them was shot down. |
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When was the battle of Little Big Horn? |
It was in 1876, it happened on June 22nd and lasted until 27th June. |
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What were the events occurring on the Battle of Little Big Horn? |
The US government offered to buy the Sioux for $6 million or $40,000 a year. Custer and his men crossed the rosebud Creek to surprise the Sioux and attack them. When the battle was done Custer and the 7th Calvary stripped the bodies naked and mutilated them. |
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What did Custer and the 7th Calvary do to the bodies? |
They mutilated the bodies by cutting of their heads. |
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Why did the wounded knee masacar occur? |
The plains indians done a ghost dance because they were unhappy on the reservations as the us government were starving them. The white Americans were frightened and therefore killed them. |
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When was the Johnson county war? |
In 1892 |
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What were the events occurring in the Johnson county war? |
Because the homesteaders where claiming land that the ranchers already owned. Which made tention between the two sides. |
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Who was the Johnson country war between? |
Homesteaders and the ranchers. |
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Who was Billy the kid? |
He was a man who done jobs for people like assassinations. He was similar to robin hood because he helped the poor by giving to them from the rich. |
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Why was Billy the kid Radical and different? |
Because he was able to escape jail, and was caring and carismic so people liked him. |
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Who was Wyatt Earp? |
He was a tough lawman who got the job done. |
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Why is Wyatt Earp not as famous as Billy the kid? |
Because people didn't like him and Billy the kid has been spoken about more in documentaries and on tv. |
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What was the Exoduster movement? |
The Exoduster movement was when certain people beleived in reaching a promised land and this particular movement was the African American slaves who moved to Kansas. |
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How many black Americans where there by 1879 setting off to travel? |
40,000 travelled to Kansas |
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What was the open range? |
Cattle overstocking became a huge problem and they had to lower the cost of cattle. |
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What consequence where there of the open range? |
Cattle ranches had to get smeller when drought hit them. Prices of beef where cheap so people couldnt make as much money. It could be a positive consequence as it meant poor family could eat. Surviving battle would be in poor condition. |
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What were reservations ? |
They were sections of land that the plains indians were placed in to live and stay. They should have been provided for with the appropriate resources. |
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Name some consequences of the reservation? |
White settlers complained they were to big and got them made smaller. Bureau Agents in charge were currupt and cheated the plains indians. They were placed away from sacred land and may be in the same land as enemies. |
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What events occurred at the sand Creek massacre? (1864) |
On November 29th 1864, 150 Sioux were murdered by colonel chivington. The army came from the East. Women and children hid in the bushes and when they were found they were mutilated. |
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Why did the sand creep massacre occur? |
It happened because the white american settlers where crossing into the plains Indians reservations after they signed a treaty. The government wanted a new treaty to keep peace between the 2 sides. |
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What was little crows war? |
This was when the plains indians were fighting back in the reservations in order to survive by stealing food and resources. |
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What were some negatives to little crows war? |
- Government controlled them - They were confined to one area - Lack of need of money |
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Give me some positive outcomes to little crows war? |
- The US didn't take them by force - Anural payment - Fallback from declining buffalo |
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What did the plain indians believe about the land and life? |
They believed they were one with nature and that when they take from the kand they should also give back |
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Name ways in which the plains indians used the Buffalo? |
They used the skin for a tipis, clothes, bedding and water bags. Horns and hooves were made into cups. |
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What and when was the indians removal act? |
May 28th 1830 was the indians removal act which was put out to negotiate with the plain indians and remove them from the west by the missispe river. In exchange for other land. |
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What and when was the indians appropriations act? |
In 1851 the indians appropriations act was set out to make the white settlers move in on plain indians land without disturbing them. |
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What was the Fort Laramie treaty ? |
In the spring of 1868 a testy was made to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the black hills reservation in the dekota territory. |
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How mu h was beef before the civil war in 1865 and how much was it after? |
It was $40 before and after it was only $5. |
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Who was Joseph McCoy and what did he do? |
He got rich by selling cows and it was si successful thay he made a business out of it and he spent $5 million on marketing. |
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What was Texas fever? |
It was a disease that was really easy to spread between cattle . |
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Explain the 4 key aspects of American expansion in 1851... |
- Railroads - The discovery of gold - plains indians moving to reservations - president grants peace policy |
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What was president grants peace policy? |
It was out of to calm tention by improving the management of the reservation system. A budget of $2 million was to make sure the plain had enough food on the reservations . |
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What was the Dawes act? (1887) |
It was to give the plain indians there own land similar to homesteads but the plain indians families got 160 acres of land. Single indians were granted 80 and orphans under 18 were granted 40. |
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Why was the Dawes act set up? (1887) |
Because the plain indians were becoming to dependant on the government to find them food as they couldn't farm in the bad conditions. The government gave them independence by giving them land. |
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How did the government make the plains indians life harder? |
- Hunting the Buffalo - more cattle si the Buffalo ran out of food because they share the same food - Cheifs replaced by special councils - Children had to live at the schools |
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What did the plains indians children do in the schools? |
They had to live there and Lear as an American citizen they weren't aloud to speak about their own culture or even in their language . If they di they were punished. |
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Explain in detail the Pacific railroad act (1862) ? |
It was when railroads were built in plains indians land which speed up travelling which only took a day and before that it took around 6 months. |
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Who were the Reno Gang? |
A group of civil war deserters, conmen and thieves who terrorised the local communities in the West. |
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How did farmers use Ploughing in farming? |
The soil was difficult to farm due to the deep tangled roots and normal ploughs broke. Farmers had to dig the land by hand and equipment was expensive. |
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How did farmers use Wind pumps? |
Pipes would pump water from underground onto crops. which is only useful for areas with water underground. |
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How did farmers use dry Farming? |
Prepared the soil by trapping water under the soil and worked well with wheat. |
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Explain the impact of grasshoppers on the plains? |
Vast amounts swept over plains and could kill many crops. they could take the wool of cattle and may even block the sun. |
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How did farmers use Barbed wire? |
Put around crops to stop animals getting in and trampling on the crops. |
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When was the homestead act and what did it achieve? |
In 1862, and was made to promote settlement in the West. Made land really cheap to buy. |
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