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Chapter 5 Review
Review question for Chapter 5.
Question | Answer |
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Why did basques, from Spain, immigrate to the United States? | They emigrated from Spain to raise herds of sheep. |
What did Willa Cather write? | She wrote stories about western life on the Great Plains. |
Where did thousands of people race to, after hearing of gold discovery? | They raced to the West. |
What is hydraulic mining? | A mining process where they shoot water at high pressures to rip away the gravel and dirt and expose the minerals. |
What are Exodusters? | African Americans who fled to the West due to violence in the South. |
What did the Morrill Act require? | It required that the sale of this land would go to financing the construction of agricultural and engineering colleges. |
Who asked President Rutherford B. Hayes to allow the Paiute to return to their homeland? | Sarah Winnemucca |
Which Secretary of State negotiated with Russia to purchase Alaska? | William H. Seward |
Explain what the Long Walk was. | It was a forced march to the Bosque Redondo Reservation in eastern New Mexico. |
What is Joseph Glidden known for? | He was an Illinois farmer who patented barbed wire. |