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Brinkley APUSH ch.16
Ch. 16 us history Identifications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Great American Desert | People from the east who thought the far west was a great waste land instead of the lush lands it was. |
| Indian Territory | Later known as state of Oklahoma; where the Cherokee, Creek and other tribes were forcibly relocated |
| Territorial rings | New Mexico gov. where the circles of local business people and ambitious politicians with access to gederal money worked together to make the territorial government mutually profitable. |
| Californios | Hispanic residents of Cali who were often excluded from the mines during the gold rush by the english speaking prospectors |
| Coolies | Indentured servants whose conditions were close to slavery. The Chinese worked as this |
| Tongs | Chinese organizations that were secret societies. Some were violent criminal organizations involved in the opium trade and prostitution. Often fought wars between each other. |
| Washoe District/ Comstock Lode | Gold had been found in the washoe district in Nevade but most valuable ore in the great Cornstock Lode (first discovered in 1858 by henry Cornstock) was silver |
| Vigilantes | An unofficial system of social control used earlier in Cali. and were usually uncontained by the legal system and imposed their notion of justice arbitrarily and without regard for any form of due process. |
| Range wars | tensions between sheep-men and cattlemen, between ranchers and farmers resulting in significant loss of life and property damage. |
| Albert Bierstadt | One of the best known painters of the Rocky Mountain school. Celebrated new west in huge canvases that were taken on tour. |
| Mark Twain | One of the great American writers of the 19th century who gave coice ot the romantic vision of the frontier. |
| Frederic Remington | Painter and sculptor who also captured the romance of the West and its image as an alternative to the settle civilization of the east. Portrayed cowboy as natural aristocrat. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Wannabe cowboy, published The Winning of the West; romanticized frontier white civilization |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | bad guys, supposed to supply land and supplies the indians needed but were cheating sickos. |
| Sand Creek Massacre | Whites threaten Indian tribes, governor offers protection at local fort; creep colonel leads drunks to kill neutral tribes at fort |
| Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull | leaders of the Sioux resistance |
| George A. Custer | Pretty boy who faced one of the largest Indian armies in US history killed during Bighorn battle. |
| Battle of the Little Bighorn | Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull lead huge Indian army; ultimately fail due to lack of political organization and supplies; sent to Dakota, |
| Nez Perce | Peaceful tribe; forced to reservation, several drunk youth kill four whites. |
| Geronimo | Chiricahua Apache chief; last serious threat to white domination |
| Wounded Knee | Fighting between 7th calvary and starving Sioux |
| Barbed Wire | metal fence; invented by Joseph H. glidden and I.L Ellwood |
| Annie Oakley | Traveled around the country with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. |
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