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USHistory Days1-3 SH
USHistory Days1-3 schoolhouseT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | Americans were expected to spread across the land given to them by God and spread predominantly American values to the frontier. |
| Why did settlers chose to move west? | open lands, greater freedom, economic opportunities, to spread the Word of God to the natives |
| 2 legislations were passed in 1862 to assist the settlers in their move west | The Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act |
| The Homestead Act | Any individual over the age of twenty-one could receive a parcel of 160 acres for only a nominal filing fee. In exchange the individual was to “improve the land” within a period of five years of taking possession. |
| The Pacific Railway Act | Commissioned the Union Pacific Railroad to build new track west from Omaha, Nebraska |
| Most common immigrants to find in the colonies? | Germans, Scandinavians, and Irish |
| Exodusters | African Americans who migrated west following the Civil War to escape the racism and violence of the Old South and to find new economic opportunities |
| Buffalo Soldiers | Six, all-black cavalry and infantry units ;duties 1) to protect settlers from Native American attacks during westward migration 2) to assist in building the infrastructure required to support western settlement. |
| Wrote the Little House book series | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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